Blast Rips Through Soviet Petrochemical Factory
Reuters
MOSCOW —
An explosion ripped through a Soviet petrochemical plant in the Siberian city of Tomsk on Sunday, injuring an unknown number of people, the official Tass news agency said.
The explosion occurred when workers started up a section producing ethylene just after midday. The agency gave no other details.
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