MOSCOW – Russia’s Defense Ministry says eight military personnel were killed when a truckload of ammunition exploded as they cleaned up after a huge conflagration at a munitions depot earlier this month.

Ministry spokesman Alexei Kuznetsov said two others were injured in Monday’s accident at the arsenal in Ulyanovsk, 720 kilometers (430 miles) east of Moscow.

via AP.

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