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20,000 evacuated after fire at military arsenal in Ukraine

Associated Press
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    This photo provided by Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry press service a fire rages at a military ammunition depot in Balaklia near Khrakiv in Ukraine on Thursday, March 23 2017. There was no immediate information about any casualties. Ukrainian officials say the massive fire that prompted the evacuation of 20,000 has been caused sparked by sabotage.. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    This photo provided by Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry press service a fire rages at a military ammunition depot in Balaklia near Khrakiv in Ukraine on Thursday, March 23 2017. There was no immediate information about any casualties. Ukrainian officials say the massive fire was caused by sabotage and prompted the evacuation of some 20,000 people. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    This photo provided by Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry press service a fire rages at a military ammunition depot in Balaklia near Khrakiv in Ukraine on Thursday, March 23 2017. There was no immediate information about any casualties. Ukrainian officials say the massive fire that prompted the evacuation of 20,000 has been caused sparked by sabotage.. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP) (The Associated Press)

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian officials say around 20,000 people have been evacuated in the Kharkiv region near the border with Russia after a massive fire at a military ammunition depot.

Ukraine's chief military prosecutor, Anatolii Matios, said on Facebook that the blaze, which erupted early Thursday at the depot in Balaklia, was sparked by an act of sabotage.

He said there was no immediate information about any casualties.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has flown to the area to monitor the blaze, which is still raging.

The arsenal holds large-caliber artillery rounds and is one of Ukraine's largest.

Kharkiv lies just north of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where Ukrainian troops have been fighting Russia-backed separatists. The conflict has killed more than 9,800 since April 2014.