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Blast at Airfield Near Russia's Ryazan Kills 3 People, Injures 6 More: Emergency Services

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Three people were killed and six more were injured as a fuel tanker caught fire at an airfield near the Russian city of Ryazan, the emergency services told Sputnik on Monday.
Sputnik
"There was an ignition of a fuel truck as a result of an explosion. According to preliminary information, nine people were injured, three of them died," the services said.
According to the emergency services, as a result of the fire and explosion of the fuel truck, a plane was damaged.
The circumstances of the accident are being investigated.
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