Fire engulfs Russian military facility in latest mysterious blaze amid suspicions of sabotage

A fire engulfed a Russian military base in Moscow early today and raged for more than four hours.

The blaze, at an army facility in the east of the capital, came amid a spate of mystery infernos with suspicions that sabotage – linked to the war in Ukraine – is a cause of some of them.

‘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 on news forum Readovka showed smoke pouring from the military facility.

A fire engulfed a Russian military base in Moscow early today. It raged for more than four hours at an army facility in the east of the capital

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.

A fire broke out aboard the Project 11435 aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, of the Russian Northern Fleet, on December 12, 2019

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.

The ill-fated Admiral Kuznetsov was docked in the Zvyozdochka shipyard in Murmansk for repairs when the blaze started on the vessel which has been beset with problems.

The fire erupted in the cabins on the port side of the flagship of the Russian navy, which also caught fire in 2019.

The blaze today could further delay the Admiral Kuznetsov’s return to active deployment.

The fire-gutted aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was hit by another blaze during repairs in Murmansk this week

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 a 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.

And at least seven people suffered injuries in a blast at Angarsk three days earlier. The force of the explosion was compared to an earthquake or plane crash.

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.