BBC: Dzerzhinsk explosion: Blast at Russian explosives factory injures 79
A factory explosion in the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk has injured 79 people and damaged 180 homes nearby.
City officials say that the factory was used to produce and store high-explosive bombs for the military.
They add that the processing facility at the JSC Kristall Research Institute plant has been completely destroyed by the blast.
A factory official says five people were inside at the time, but they were safely evacuated.
Most of the people who were hurt were cut by flying glass from the explosion, which also caused a shockwave that smashed windows in homes and other factories in the city.
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WNU editor: This was big.
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4 comments:
That was a major detonation. Seems to happen in Russia too often. There's gotta be some harrowing dashcam vid of the thing to pop up any time.
CHERNOBYL,
REDUX,
R,
Well, every country have accident too.
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Dzerzhinsk, Russia. About 200 miles east of Moscow. One one the worst polluted cities in the world. Life exp: 42 years for men, 47 for women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzerzhinsk,_Russia
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