Russian Arms Depot Blasts Force Evacuation Of 12,000

Authorities in central Russia are battling a fire raging through an arms depot storingĀ  around 10,000 tons of shells that forced the evacuation of more than 12,000 people. Emergencies Ministry spokesman Mikhail Surkov said that as a result of the nighttime blaze at the arms depot near the city of Izhevsk in the Volga region […]