Russian arms depot fire halts oil pipeline flows

Firefighters battled a blaze raging through an arms depot on Friday, forcing a halt to oil pipeline flows from Russia's largest crude producer and causing 28,000 residents to be moved out of the area.
The fire, the second at a munitions store in less than a week, injured at least 28 people, an Emergencies Ministry spokeswoman told Reuters.
State television showed flames colouring the night sky orange and sparking explosions overnight at the military complex near the city of Izhevsk 1,200 km east of Moscow.
Russia's pipeline monopoly Transneft on Friday said it had stopped receiving 161,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil on a domestic pipeline after the blasts.
Transneft spokesman Igor Dyomin said one of its pipelines had stopped receiving 131,000 bpd of oil from Russia's top crude producer Rosneft. Shipments from producers LUKOIL and Russneft, equal to 30,000 bpd, had also been halted.
"The pipeline stopped getting oil from 0100 Moscow time on Friday. Customers are still getting oil as we have reserves," Dyomin said.
The depot near the village of Pugachyovo stored 10,000 tonnes of shells and ammunition, equivalent in power to about 58,000 tonnes of TNT, which was scheduled for disposal, Russian agencies reported.