Blasts rock Russian arms depot, eight injured - TASS

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...n-arms-depot-eight-injured-tass-idUSKCN1UV1AG

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A series of blasts rocked an arms depot at a Russian military base in Siberia on Monday, injuring eight people and prompting aluminum producer Rusal to suspend operations at the country’s biggest alumina producing plant.

Eleven thousand Russians were being evacuated from neighborhoods in Krasnoyarsk region’s city of Achinsk following blasts and a fire at a military storage facility, TASS news agency cited local authorities as saying.

Photographs showed a huge explosion on the horizon with flames leaping into the sky followed by belching black smoke.

Eight people were injured in the incident, TASS news agency cited doctors as saying. A Russian soldier was killed, TASS cited a source as saying. A source from another agency, RIA, at the defense ministry denied the information about the soldier’s death.

Rusal, the world’s largest aluminum producer outside China, suspended operations at its Achinsk alumina plant and evacuated all but essential staff to ensure their safety, it said.

The plant is Russia’s largest producer of alumina, a raw material which is smelted into aluminum.

Loading is operating on schedule at Russian oil giant Rosneft’s Achinsk oil refinery, TASS quoted a refinery spokesperson as saying. The refinery is located 30km from the military base.

 

[Zippyjuan]

In April they had a fire at a ballistic missile plant.

https://tass.com/emergencies/1056126

Fire at Siberian plant producing ballistic missiles put out — emergencies ministry

MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/. The fire at the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant (Krasmash), producing ballistic missiles and space rocket components, has been put out, the Russian emergencies ministry said on Saturday.

"The blaze was completely extinguished at 04:17 Moscow time," the ministry’s press service said.

According to earlier reports, the fire broke out at a warehouse, rented by a local manufacturer of refrigerators, and engulfed the area of about 24,000 square meters. The roof of the building, where about 50,000 refrigerators were stored, has partially collapsed.

The regional branch of the emergencies ministry said no casualties had been reported. An emergency source told TASS that the fire posed no danger to the workshops where the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and Sineva submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) were made.

The Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant, established in 1932, produces rocket and space equipment, including ballistic missiles and base booster modules for the Zenit and Proton carrier rockets.

The fire posed no danger to the workshops where the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and Sineva submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) were made

 

[Swordsmyth]

The Russian military can't seem to catch a break, as more explosions continue to rock an ammunition depot that blew up earlier this week.
At least 10 people were injured Friday when two new explosions ripped through the ammunition storage facility at a Russian military base in Siberia, Russia's state-run TASS News Agency reported Friday.

Friday's explosions were caused by lightning after the earlier incident damaged the facility's lighting defense system, the Associated Press reported.

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