A fire at the landfill led to the closure of the highway from the Crimean Bridge to Sevastopol

This was announced by the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov.

«From the area adjacent to the landfill in the Kirovsky district, it is planned to temporarily evacuate residents of four settlements — this is more than 2,000 people. An operational headquarters has been deployed, all relevant services are working on site, » Sergey Aksenov wrote.

He also published a scheme to bypass the blocked section of the road. From Simferopol, it is necessary to turn off the highway onto the old road near the village of Lgovskoye. And you can go back to the highway beyond Feodosia or the village of Pervomaiske.

Adviser to the head of the Crimea Oleg Kryuchkov clarified that a section of the highway from 118 to 130 km was blocked. He also added that trains and commuter trains run on schedule, buses go around.

The authorities did not specify the causes of the fire at the landfill. Telegram-channel Shot notes that the fire was in a warehouse with ammunition. Baza clarifies that the first explosion at the landfill occurred around half past four in the morning. They lasted for three hours.