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Russian Freight Train Explosion Throws Railcar Into Apartment, Injuring At Least 27

Blast Throws Russian Train Car Into Apartment
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Fast moving train leaving Kievsky railway station, Moscow, Russia

MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - An explosion on a freight train carrying chemicals and oil products hurled part of a railcar into a residential block in southern Russia early on Thursday, injuring 27 people of whom 13 were taken to hospital, officials said.

The federal Investigative Committee said 69 railcars carrying sodium chloride, gasoline, fuel oil, propane and other goods derailed following an onboard fire near Belaya Kalitva station in the Rostov-on-Don region, around 1,000 km (625 miles) south of Moscow.

"The blast hurled part of a railcar into the sixth floor wall of a residential block," the committee said on its website. A criminal investigation has been launched into possible safety breaches. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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In this photo taken Jan. 22, 2010 and released by Russias Emergency Situations on the Emergency Ministry, Komi region branch internet site on Feb. 11, 2013, a general view of the Vorkutinskaya mine is seen. A blast at the coal mine in northern Russia on Monday Feb. 11, 2013 left 10 people dead and seven missing, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said. (AP Photo/Emergency Ministry) (credit:AP)
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In this photo taken Jan. 22, 2010 and released by Russias Emergency Situations on the Emergency Ministry, Komi region branch internet site on Feb. 11, 2013, a general view of the main building of the Vorkutinskaya mine is seen. (AP Photo/Emergency Ministry) (credit:AP)
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In this photo taken Jan. 22, 2010 and released by Russias Emergency Situations on the Emergency Ministry, Komi region branch internet site on Feb. 11, 2013, a general view of the main building of the Vorkutinskaya mine is seen. (AP Photo/Emergency Ministry) (credit:AP)
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