Explosion at Syrian ordnance depot kills 15 soldiers
Ap, Damascus
An explosion went off at an ordnance depot inside a military complex outside the Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday, killing at least 15 soldiers and wounding 50 others, the state news agency said.The SANA news agency said the blast was caused when high summer temperatures set off high-explosive materials at the depot, adding that the explosion was "not the result of sabotage." The explosion resulted from "the combustion of sensitive, highly-explosive material caused by extremely high temperatures," SANA said. The depot belonged to a military unit in Musalmiya, some 10km from Aleppo, 350km north of Damascus, the agency said.
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