**Massive Explosion at a Military Warehouse in Russia** (August 5th, 2019)

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Radiation Spike Detected After Russian Rocket Explodes At Testing Facility

Five people were killed and three injured following a rocket explosion on a naval test range in Russia on Thursday, state nuclear company Rosatom confirmed.

Rostacom said the accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine.

The three injured staff members suffered serious burns in the accident.

Authorities had previously said that two people died and six were injured in the blast at the site in Nyonoksa.

The company told Russian media that its engineering and technical team had been working on the "isotope power source" for the propulsion system.

The Nyonoksa site carries out tests for virtually every missile system used by the Russian navy, including sea-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and anti-aircraft missiles.

Authorities in Severodvink, 47km (29 miles) east of Nyonska said that radiation levels shortly after the blast were higher than normal for about 40 minutes but returned to normal.

Locals have rushed to buy medical iodine, with pharmacies' stocks of iodine reported to be running out in the cities of Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk.

The rush for iodine was reported earlier by a news website for the Arkhangelsk region, 29.ru.
Low-level radiation spike

It also said medics who evacuated the injured at Nyonoksa wore chemical and nuclear protection suits.

There was a rush on iodine stocks during the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, which sent a huge plume of radiation across Europe.

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On Thursday the Severodvinsk administration reported a 40-minute spike in radiation, which reached 2 microsieverts per hour, then fell back to the normal 0.11 microsieverts. Both levels are too small to cause radiation sickness.

The administration has now deleted its statement online about the spike.

August 5th, 2019

A huge blast rocked a Russian military facility in Siberia leaving two people with shrapnel wounds, local media has reported.

Footage filmed by bystanders shows how the ammunition depot, situated in the Krasnoyarsk region, was consumed by a huge ball of flames which could be seen for miles.

Debris and sparks were sent flying into the skies of the sparsely populated area.

Reports say that people in the nearby village of Kamensk were being evacuated when the blast happened.

Around 11,000 people have been evacuated from the Achinsk areas, according to Tass.

Authorities have not yet given an official explanation as to what caused the incident.