Russia explosion: Five confirmed dead in rocket blast
On Thursday the Severodvinsk administration reported a 40-minute spike in radiation, which reached 2 microsieverts per hour, then fell back to the normal 0.11 microsieverts. Both levels are too small to cause radiation sickness.
The administration has now deleted its statement online about the spike. The BBC asked officials there why, and they said"because this incident comes under the authority of the defence ministry". The defence ministry insisted that"there have been no harmful chemicals released into the atmosphere, the radiation levels are normal".On Monday, one person was killed and eight others were injured in a blaze at an ammunition dump in Siberia.
Flying munitions damaged a school and a kindergarten in the area. More than 9,500 people were evacuated.Huge blasts and rising smoke as Russian arms depot explodes
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