Around 20 people sustained injuries while 2 were reported missing in a blast at an explosives plant in the town of Dzerzhinsk in Central Russia today (June 01). The blast partially destroyed a section of the building where the blasts had occurred.

A fire had reportedly broken out at the facility where explosives and ammunition were stored.

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