2 killed in Russian ammunition depot explosion

Huge explosions and fire ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours on Friday, killing two firefighters and prompting the evacuation of thousands of civilians nearby.

Huge explosions and fire ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours on Friday, killing two firefighters and prompting the evacuation of thousands of civilians nearby.

The blasts and fire erupted while ammunition was being destroyed at the arsenal in the province of Ulyanovsk, about 7-hundred kilometers east of Moscow.

Dozens of people feared trapped in the inferno took refuge in a bomb shelter and later emerged safe. But a later report claimed 11 others were still unaccounted for. The provincial governor says six people remain hospitalized.