Moscow , Feb 13 Residents of a sleepy Borovichi town situated halfway between Moscow and St Petersburg had to get up by the shrill sound of air raid sirens and warnings of imminent air strikes over loudspeakers, reminding them the old Cold War days.
Borovichi with a population of about 70,000 was put on alert shortly before midnight yesterday with the wail of air raid signals and announcements of an imminent air strike, said a spokesman of the Emergency Situations Ministry.
"The long signal of the siren and the subsequent announcements not only alerted residents in the centre of the city, but in the outskirts as well,"the spokesman was quoted as saying by RIA Novsoti.
The residents took the signal seriously and made a large number of calls to police, asking how serious the threat was and what people should do in the event of an air-raid.
City police eventually turned off the siren, which is located on top of a dormitory. They are investigating whether a prankster set off the alarm or it was a mechanical fault.
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