At least two dead and 15 injured after the collision of a Russian fighter against a building in southwestern Russia

MADRID, 17 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least two people have died and another 15 have been injured after a Russian Su-34 model military plane crashed into a residential building in the city of Yeisk, in the extreme south-west of Russia, on the shores of the Sea on Monday. Azov, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense has reported that the cause of the accident could have been the failure of one of the aircraft’s engines shortly after takeoff. These same sources point out that the crew has managed to eject on time.

Eyewitnesses have warned that the entire nine-storey building was engulfed in flames, although the Russian authorities have indicated that at the moment the fire has affected four of them, according to the Russian agency TASS.

Veniamin Kondratiev, governor of the Krasnodar province, where the city of Yeisk is located, has reported on his Telegram channel that he has already traveled to the accident site, where a large number of rescue teams have also gone. and firefighters.