Army engineers have started clearing remnants of exploded ammunition and artillery shells in a five-kilometer zone around the 61st ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Army's Southern Operational Command in Lozova (Kharkiv region), where a fire resulted in detonation of ammunition.

The Kharkiv regional administration announced this in a statement, citing information from Defense Ministry representatives located in the Lozova district.

"The Emergency Situations Ministry and engineers from the Armed Forces are starting inspection and clearance of explosive items in a five-kilometer danger zone today, following an aerial reconnaissance for pyrotechnics," the statement said.

The Armed Forces will deploy 12 mine clearing groups, including 69 specialist mine engineers and 11 pieces of equipment.

Separate spontaneous explosions continued inside the ammunition depot in the early hours of August 29.

These explosions lasted an average of 15-30 minutes.

Troops from the 25th Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade arrived in Lozova in the evening on August 28 and took control of a five-kilometer zone around the ammunition depot in the morning on August 29, together with Interior Ministry troops.

The troops will jointly set up 26 checkpoints.

According to information from the press service of the Defense Ministry, separate spontaneous explosions are still being observed at the ammunition depot, but they do not go beyond the depot.

The army and emergency workers have received information from residents of the Hersyvanovsk hamlet that 10 pieces of ammunition have fallen in residential areas.

A group of explosive experts has been sent to the areas.

Preparation to evacuate 34 pieces of equipment from the territory of the ammunition depot is underway.

Military doctors treated 34 local residents and 26 soldiers at a mobile hospital on Friday.

Local government agencies have started determining the scale of the damage to properties under their control as well as to private properties.

No military or civilian casualties have been reported in the past 24 hours.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, First Deputy Emergency Situations Minister Volodymyr Antonets has called on the residents of the Lozova district to inform the local authorities if they find remnants of exploded shells.

A fire broke out at the ammunition depot on August 27, causing detonation of ammunition.

Lozova is a district center and a major railway hub in the Kharkiv region.