Video captures mushroom cloud towering over a town near Moscow after a massive explosion rocked a Russian factory

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 12:06

A screen grab from a CCTV footage shows broken windows and a person walking in a residential area, with smoke billowing in the background, following a blast at a factory in Sergiev Posad, Russia, August 9, 2023.
Reuters

An explosion erupted at a warehouse near the Russian capital of Moscow on Wednesday.
The blast at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant left dozens of people injured, reports said.
The governor of the Moscow region said the warehouse was being used to store fireworks.

A colossal explosion erupted at a warehouse about an hour outside of the Russian capital of Moscow on Wednesday, leaving dozens of people injured, according to reports.