A fire has engulfed a Russian military base in Moscow earlier today, say reports.
It raged for more than four hours at an army facility in the east of the capital.
It came amid a spate of mystery infernos with suspicions that sabotage - linked to the war in Ukraine - is a cause of some of the blazes.
“The fire broke inside garage units at 3 Sokolinaya Gora, building 10,” Moskva city news agency was told by the emergency services.
“Moscow’s emergency services are working at the site.”
A video forum Readovka showed smoke pouring from the military facility.
The city’s fire service confirmed a call about the fire just before midnight.
The Defence Ministry has not commented on the blaze.
It is unclear if the military unit is linked to the war in Ukraine.
It came a day after a mystery fire at Vladimir Putin ’s only aircraft carrier while the vessel was under repairs from an earlier inferno.
While undergoing some repair work, the Admiral Kuznetsov, a flagship of the Russian Navy, suffered a “minor” fire at a shipyard in the Arctic port of Murmansk, according to reports from the Russian state Tass and RIA Novosti news agencies.
Aleksey Rakhmanov, head of the state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) which is managing a major overhaul of the carrier, was cited as saying the blaze was quickly extinguished and caused no casualties.
Back in 2019, at least one person was killed and 12 others were injured after a fire broke out on the Admiral Kuznetsov.
Repairs to the vessel have been ongoing since 2017.
The blaze could further delay the Admiral Kuznetsov’s return to active deployment.
The past week has also seen two explosions and major infernos at key energy facilities in Irkutsk region.
Armageddon-like flames shot into the sky from the giant blaze at the Markovskoye condensate treatment unit in the biting minus 22C cold.
The scene from hell was caused by the “jet fire” in the east Siberian district of Ust-Kut.
At least seven people suffered injuries in a blast at Angarsk three days earlier that was compared to an earthquake or plane crash for its force.
Separately, a huge explosion hit a major Russian gas pipeline some 560 miles from the Ukrainian border.
The cause was unclear but videos showed a huge fireball burning in Chuvashia republic.
The pipeline transports gas from Russia via Ukraine to Europe, according to early reports.
