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Radiation Levels Spike Following Mysterious Explosion in Russia

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Radiation Levels Spike Following Mysterious Explosion in Russia

A Russian city reportedly observed a rise in radiation levels after an explosion at a nearby military testing site, which left at least two dead.

Reuters reports that the Russian defence ministry told state media that a liquid-propellant rocket engine exploded on Thursday, killing two people and injuring six.

“At the test site of the Russian Ministry of Defence in the Arkhangelsk region, when testing a liquid propulsion system, an explosion occurred and the product ignited,” the defence ministry told the Russian news agency TASS, in a statement.

The ministry claimed, “there were no harmful emissions into the atmosphere, the radiation background is normal.” But the city of Severodvinsk, which has a population of 185,000, reported a spike in radiation at noon.

It is unlikely that a liquid-propellant rocket engine explosion alone would cause a rise in radiation levels, leading to speculation about what really happened.

Another Russian agency, Mash, shared photos and a video of what appear to be emergency responders in hazmat suits and Geiger counters, and a person being moved to an ambulance.

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