November 4, 2009 Wednesday
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Nov 4, 2009
Huge fire in Saint Petersburg

MOSCOW - A MASSIVE fire broke out late on Tuesday at a facility owned by an industrial firm in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported.

The fire broke out in the north-eastern Vyborg district of the former capital and had spread to cover an area of 6,000 sq m, the reports said, quoting the local emergency services.

The blaze was labelled a grade five, the most serious level on the Russian scale for fires. Two people were injured while dozens of fire engines were sent to the scene. -- AFP

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