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Russia: Massive Fire At Historic Saint Petersburg Factory Still Burning, 1 Person Killed
A massive fire which gutted a business center in St. Petersburg, which is Russia’s second-largest city, on Monday, April 12, is still burning.
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A massive fire which gutted a business center in St. Petersburg, which is Russia’s second-largest city, on Monday, April 12, is still burning. The blaze soon spread all across the four floors which makes up to an area of 10,000 square meters, said emergency officials. According to the reports by the Associated Press, the authorities said that around 300 people have been caught up in the fire. An investigation has been launched as the cause of fire is not yet clear.
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The Vilyuchinsky waterfall in the Kamchatka peninsula is formed from the melting of a glacier on the slopes of the Vilyuchinsky volcano. In winter it is known as the “Tsar Icicle” as the waterfall freezes solid. Image credit: Russian Emergency Situations Ministry
A waterfall in Russia that draws hundreds of tourists every year when it freezes has collapsed, injuring three people and killing one.
The 40-meter (130-foot) giant icicle snapped on January 7, trapping the tourists underneath a huge ice sheet for several hours, according to the Russian Emergency Situation Ministry.
More than 40 rescuers were helicoptered in to free the trapped tourists, combining forces from the Kamchatka search and rescue squad, the Kamchatka emergency services canine crew, and doctors from the Territorial Center For Disaster Medicine. All were pulled from the ice. One boy and his father were flown to intensive care with serious injuries and a woman refused hospital treatment. Sadly, a 40-year-old m
Massive Portion Of Frozen Russian Waterfall Collapses On Tourists, Killing One And Injuring Three
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A teenager and his father were flown to the hospital with critical injuries
The collapse of the ice is under investigation
One person was killed and three others injured in Russia’s far east Thursday when a huge chunk of frozen waterfall collapsed on a group of tourists.
The group was visiting the Vilyuchinsky waterfall, at 131 feet, in the Kamchatka peninsula when a huge part of the waterfall came down on the group, trapping four of them under the frost, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement.
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Russian Demining Experts At Work In Nagorno Karabakh
Russian explosives experts from the Emergency Situations Ministry have uncovered over 10,000 explosives in the Nagorno-Karabakh region since December 8th, the ministry said in a statement.
The explosives include shells, mortar bombs, artillery pieces, bullets, grenades and anti-tank guided missiles.
They were found in an area spanning 53 hectares, predominately in the Askeran Province of the region, and have been passed for disposal, the ministry added.
On Saturday, experts discovered 280 explosive objects near the settlement of Aygestan, according to Maksim Chernenkov, head of the demining group of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.