In Balakliya town, what is in Kharkiv region on the territory of military base the weapons are being exploded. The town major confirmed the information about it. He added that after the attempted explosion of weapon that can not be removed, the fire started there.

Because of it the emergencies started evacuation of the locals. They planned to evacuate more than 1500 people.

On 23 March, 2017 there was a big fire in Balakaliya. Then, around twenty thousand people were taken out of the territory. One woman died and five were injured.