Ammunition Depot Fire

Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning, officials said.

A fire broke out at the Army's ammunition depot in Bathinda district of Punjab early in the morning today. There was no report of any casualty in the incident.

Delay in procurement and recruitment has resulted into a shortage of firefighting trucks and personnel in ammunition depots of the army across the country, the government today said.

A week after 19 soldiers were killed in the explosion at the Army's ammunition depot at Pulgaon in Maharashtra, the Eastern Command has undertaken a safety audit of depots in eastern India.

The anti-tank mines that exploded at the Pulgaon Central Ammunition Depot killing 19 people earlier this week, were defective and leaking and despite repeated reminders no action was taken, top government sources have told NDTV.

In two states separated by distance but united in grief, bodies of two brave Indian army officers, Lt Col Ranjit Singh from Uttarakhand and Major Manoj Kumar from Kerala, were laid to rest today with full military honours.

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said there was no sabotage involved in the fire at the central ammunition depot at Pulgaon in the district but the exact cause would be known only after inquiry.

Were the massive explosions and fire at the Central Ammunition Depot in Pulgaon, which killed 19 people on Tuesday, triggered by the intense heat in Maharashtra's Vidarbha? That was the indication an eye-witness gave to NDTV, speaking from his hospital bed.

"Mecca of Ammunition" says a board outside Pulgaon's Central Ammunition Depot, Asia's biggest. A fire there yesterday killed at least 19 people, including two Army officers and many fire-fighters who had rushed to douse the blaze that broke out a little after 1 am.

A fire at a massive military ammunition depot in Pulgaon in Maharashtra has killed two Army officers, a jawan and 13 civilian fire fighters. 17 people were injured and reported to be are in stable condition, the Army said today.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Army Chief General Dalbir Singh visited Pulgaon in north Maharashtra, where a massive fire in an ammunition depot has killed 17 Army personnel, including two officers. At least 19 people are injured.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked Defence Minister to visit the central ammunition depot in Maharashtra's Pulgaon to take stock of the situation after a major fire killed at least 17 security personnel, including two Army officers, there.

Huge blasts were heard at the Army base at Panagarh in Burdwan district of West Bengal after its ammunition depot caught fire a little after midnight.

Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning, officials said.

A fire broke out at the Army's ammunition depot in Bathinda district of Punjab early in the morning today. There was no report of any casualty in the incident.

Delay in procurement and recruitment has resulted into a shortage of firefighting trucks and personnel in ammunition depots of the army across the country, the government today said.

A week after 19 soldiers were killed in the explosion at the Army's ammunition depot at Pulgaon in Maharashtra, the Eastern Command has undertaken a safety audit of depots in eastern India.

The anti-tank mines that exploded at the Pulgaon Central Ammunition Depot killing 19 people earlier this week, were defective and leaking and despite repeated reminders no action was taken, top government sources have told NDTV.

In two states separated by distance but united in grief, bodies of two brave Indian army officers, Lt Col Ranjit Singh from Uttarakhand and Major Manoj Kumar from Kerala, were laid to rest today with full military honours.

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said there was no sabotage involved in the fire at the central ammunition depot at Pulgaon in the district but the exact cause would be known only after inquiry.

Were the massive explosions and fire at the Central Ammunition Depot in Pulgaon, which killed 19 people on Tuesday, triggered by the intense heat in Maharashtra's Vidarbha? That was the indication an eye-witness gave to NDTV, speaking from his hospital bed.

"Mecca of Ammunition" says a board outside Pulgaon's Central Ammunition Depot, Asia's biggest. A fire there yesterday killed at least 19 people, including two Army officers and many fire-fighters who had rushed to douse the blaze that broke out a little after 1 am.

A fire at a massive military ammunition depot in Pulgaon in Maharashtra has killed two Army officers, a jawan and 13 civilian fire fighters. 17 people were injured and reported to be are in stable condition, the Army said today.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Army Chief General Dalbir Singh visited Pulgaon in north Maharashtra, where a massive fire in an ammunition depot has killed 17 Army personnel, including two officers. At least 19 people are injured.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked Defence Minister to visit the central ammunition depot in Maharashtra's Pulgaon to take stock of the situation after a major fire killed at least 17 security personnel, including two Army officers, there.

Huge blasts were heard at the Army base at Panagarh in Burdwan district of West Bengal after its ammunition depot caught fire a little after midnight.