Residential building on fire as Russian military plane crashes in city of Yeysk
A building has burst into flames after a Russian fighter-bomber jet crashed in the city of Yeysk, killing at least three people.
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A building has burst into flames after a Russian fighter-bomber jet crashed in the city of Yeysk.
At least three people have been killed and 15 injured.
An engine of the military jet ignited during takeoff which caused the crash, according to Russian state media.
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The Sukhoi Su-34 was on a training mission and the pilots managed to eject before the impact, the Russian Defence ministry said.
Authorities are still assessing how many casualties were caused by the crash, which sparked a huge fire in the building and surrounding area.
At least five floors on the multi-storey building were damaged and regional and local fire services were battling the blaze.
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Footage shows explosions aboard the plane as it careened towards the building. A huge fireball then engulfed the apartment.
“On October 17, 2022, a Su-34 aircraft crashed while climbing to perform a training flight from the military airfield of the Southern Military District,” the ministry said in a statement to RIA.
“According to the report of the ejected pilots, the cause of the plane crash was the ignition of one of the engines during take-off.
“At the site of the crash of the Su-34 in the courtyard of one of the residential quarters, the plane’s fuel ignited.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed of the fire and ordered “all necessary assistance be given to casualties from the military plane incident,” the Kremlin told the state-run news agency TASS.
Yeysk is near Russian occupied territory in southern Ukraine and is located near the Sea of Asov.
‘Everything is burning inside’
Oksana, a local resident who declined to give her last name, said the area had been cordoned off.
“There could be an explosion. Everything is burning inside. There is smoke,” she told AFP.
She said she was stuck in traffic when she heard the news.
“I’m in shock obviously. My child was alone at home. We already used to go to sleep with fear everyday — Mariupol is just across from us,” she said.
Images on social media showed a Soviet-era residence block engulfed by flames. The blaze reached five out of nine floors of a residential building, according to emergency services, quoted by Russian state-run agencies.
The blaze spread over 2000 square metres, the services added.
About 600 people usually live in the building, the local Krasnodar administration said on Telegram.
“The governor ordered the whereabouts of each resident to be established,” the administration said.
Regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said: “The fire spread to a few floors. According to preliminary information, 17 flats have been affected.”
Investigation opened
The investigative committee, which looks into serious crimes, said it had opened a criminal investigation into the crash.
Mariupol, a port city on the Sea of Azov in southeastern Ukraine, withstood weeks of relentless Russian bombardment, with resistance concentrated in a dense network of underground tunnels at its Azovstal steel plant.
Since the beginning of the Ukraine offensive airspace around the south of Russia has been closed.
Yeysk town is on the Taganrog Gulf on the Sea of Azov, across from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which is under Russian control. The town is home to about 85,000 people.
Accidents involving Russian civilian aircraft and warplanes are fairly common, usually caused by technical malfunction or human error.
In June a military plane crashed in the city of Ryazan, southeast of Moscow, killing four people and injuring five others.
- with AFP
Originally published as Residential building on fire as Russian military plane crashes in city of Yeysk
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