At least three people were killed in drone attacks across Russia on Wednesday as Ukraine struck and set fire to a Wildberries warehouse in the central Tambov region, the second time the facility has been targeted since July.
Tambov Governor Yevgeny Pervyshov said the blaze at the Wildberries facility in the city of Kotovsk engulfed more than 100,000 square meters (1.1 million square feet), an area roughly equivalent to 14 soccer fields.
One employee sustained a concussion from the blast wave, Pervyshov added, while emergency services worked to control the fire at the site.
Wildberries said it evacuated all of its employees from the warehouse. It said the facility was no longer accepting new shipments.
Videos and photos shared on social media showed a large column of black smoke rising from the warehouse and spreading across the morning sky in Kotovsk.
