Scores Injured in Blasts at Russian Military Plant

79 people were injured when several blasts at the explosives plant Kristall shook the central Russian town of Dzerzhinsk on Saturday.
Scores Injured in Blasts at Russian Military Plant
A boy takes a photo of a mushroom cloud after the blasts at an explosives plant in the town of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia on June 1, 2019. INSTAGRAM / @GALYAEVA_EVGENIA/via Reuters
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MOSCOW—79 people were injured when several blasts at the explosives plant Kristall shook the central Russian town of Dzerzhinsk on Saturday, the Russian health ministry said.

The blasts, around midday (local time), was heard all over the town of more than 230,000 residents and shock waves smashed or damaged windows in around 180 buildings, city authorities told TASS news agency.