Fire at munitions depot in Nizhny Novgorod region extinguished

Archive July 14, 2012, 8:15

People were not evacuated. No explosions followed the fire

MOSCOW, July 14 (Itar-Tass) —— A fire that broke out early on Saturday at a munitions depot in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region has been extinguished. No one was hurt, a spokesman for the regional emergencies administration old Itar-Tass.

The fire started at 06:30 a.m. Moscow time in the settlement of Yuganets with a population of 2,700, some 40 kilometers west of Nizhny Novgorod. The fire area was 100 square meters.

People were not evacuated. No explosions followed the fire.

An investigation is underway.

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