Fighter jet crashes into Russian building in Yeysk - Al Jazeera English

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A ample blaze engulfs the building, and witnesses accidental it burns from the archetypal to the ninth floors.

A subject craft has crashed into a residential gathering successful the confederate Russian metropolis of Yeysk aft what the defence ministry said was motor failure.

Unconfirmed footage connected societal media showed a ample fireball erupting from a multistory gathering connected Monday. There were nary contiguous reports connected the fig of casualties successful the larboard metropolis connected the Sea of Azov.

The craft was identified arsenic a Sukhoi Su-34 combatant jet. The unit managed to eject earlier the level crashed, according to the defence ministry.

A ample blaze engulfed the building, stoked by pitchy fuel, and witnesses were quoted by Russia’s Tass quality agency arsenic saying it was connected occurrence from the archetypal to the ninth floors. Firefighters were battling the blaze.

“While climbing to execute a grooming formation from the subject airfield of the confederate subject district, a Su-34 craft crashed,” a ministry connection said. “The origin of the clang of the craft was a occurrence successful 1 of the engines during takeoff.”

The Interfax quality bureau quoted exigency services arsenic saying 5 floors of the flat gathering were connected fire, the precocious floors had collapsed and astir 45 apartments were damaged.

The blaze dispersed implicit 2,000sq m (21,500sq feet), it said. Yeysk, a metropolis of astir 90,000 people, is location to a ample Russian aerial base.

‘Establishing the circumstances’

The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin was instantly informed astir the crash, and helium ordered ministers of wellness and exigency services on with the section politician to caput to the site.

Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said connected Telegram that “all occurrence and rescue units successful the portion are moving connected extinguishing the fire”.

Russia’s investigative committee aboriginal announced it had launched a transgression probe into the crash. “Military investigators are establishing the circumstances and causes of the incident,” it said.

Yeysk is located connected the Tangarog Gulf successful the Sea of Azov, which separates confederate Ukraine and confederate Russia.

Yeysk lies straight crossed the oversea from the Ukrainian metropolis of Mariupol, which is nether Russian power aft Moscow launched its penetration successful February.

The Su-34 is simply a supersonic twin-engine bomber equipped with blase sensors and weapons that has been a cardinal constituent of the Russian aerial force. The craft has seen wide usage during the war successful Syria and the warring successful Ukraine.

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