Hopes fade for 35 missing in Russian blasts: report

13 November 2009 @ 12:34 pm EDT

MOSCOW - Thirty-five people missing after a series of blasts at an arms depot in Russia are unlikely to be found alive, the governor of the region where the explosions took place was quoted as saying on Friday by Interfax news agency.


Hopes fade for 35 missing in Russian blasts: report
Fire and smoke is seen from a building in Russia's city of Ulyanovsk, November 13, 2009.
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"In four hours of battling the flames we have not managed to find the 35 people who are missing. The chances are low," Interfax quoted Ulyanovsk Governor Sergei Morozov as saying.

(Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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