Kyiv fuel depot fire 'under control'

Security officials in Ukraine claim firefighters have now managed to contain a huge blaze at a fuel depot some 30 kilometres from the capital Kyiv.

At least four people have been killed in the incident including three firemen.

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Entire oil tanks -16 of them -.were consumed in the flames sending up clouds of thick black smoke. Government representatives arrived to monitor the situation.

“We have two theories,” said Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. “ Arson or procedural negligence. We think its 80 to 90 percent sure it was negligence.”

In fact police are investigating three possible causes of the fire – violations of fuel storage regulations, technical malfunctions and arson.

Our reporter at the scene Maria Korenyuk said that nearby were four villages where about 800 people normally live. Although the emergency crew said there was no direct da