Startling amber flames can be seen in alarming new footage of huge explosions that rocked the Russian Arctic near one of Vladimir Putin's secret military bases. Questions surround who is actually responsible for the two detonations close to the Severomorsk-1 naval airbase and weapons' storages and bunkers.
![[A spectacular orange light flashes for a split second and inferno rages on in the distance]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/00/93339029-14212309-image-a-22_1734655919984.jpg)
A car - one of many coated in powdery snow - is visible on camera reversing slowly before a spectacular orange light flashes for a split second and inferno rages on in the distance. The military hideout on the Kola Peninsula is home to Russian fighter jets, bombers and maritime surveillance aircraft.
![[Severomorsk in Russia is nearly 1,900km (1180 miles) north of Russia's border with Ukraine]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/00/93339039-14212309-image-a-23_1734655932925.jpg)
One theory for the explosions is that a Putin missile experiment had gone wrong - not for the first time in this region, with devastating impact. 'There were two explosions,' said a woman quoted by The Barents Observer. 'I live on Starostina Street, on the 8th floor.
![[Tormod Kværna, Scientific Adviser on Seismology and Test Ban Monitoring with NORSAR]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/00/93339035-14212309-image-a-25_1734655959704.jpg)
'The house was shaking. It was terrible.'. Two massive explosions rock the Murmansk region near the main naval base of the Russian Northern Fleet. A spectacular orange light flashes for a split second and inferno rages on in the distance. Severomorsk in Russia is nearly 1,900km (1180 miles) north of Russia's border with Ukraine.
Reports also indicate the two explosions shook windows and walls. The ignition came soon after Putin had finished his marathon TV call-in and press conference session in which he had blamed the West for tension in the world. An innocent explanation is that it was the disposal of substandard ammunition, as is periodically carried out at a special detonation site near Severomorsk-3.
