One person was killed and seven others injured in an explosion at a military base in Russia's Far East while unloading ammunition, Russia's official TASS news agency reported on Thursday (May 12th).
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The explosion occurred on the military base located in the village of Teysine, in the Khabarovsk region, according to a source at the local emergency service, quoted by the agency.
One person - a soldier - "
was killed
", indicated this source.
Seven other people were injured in this "
explosion of powder that occurred during the unloading of ammunition
", she said.
According to the local Ministry of Health, two of them suffered from serious burns.
The explosion caused a fire which was brought under control, according to TASS.
The poor state of infrastructure and failure to comply with safety rules are the cause of many accidents of this nature - fires, explosions on military sites - each year in Russia.
At the end of April, a fire ravaged a military research institute in Tver, 160 km from Moscow, and killed 17 people.
The Russian media mentioned as a cause a problem due to the dilapidated electrical wiring of the building.
