Plastics and gunpowder factory blows up killing 5 and injuring 100+; Russians claim accident.
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Plastics and gunpowder factory blows up killing 5 and injuring 100+; Russians claim accident.
An explosion on Aug. 15 destroyed a workshop at the Elastik gunpowder plant in Ryazan Oblast, killing at least five people and injuring at least 100
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Source story: day-1268a-2025-08-17