Russia: May 19, 2000

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A fire broke out in a major ammunition storage are in St. Petersburg. Russia has long had problems safely storing it's huge holdings of ammunition. The Russians tend to keep the stuff longer than any other nation. Ammunition becomes unstable with age and the discipline of the troops maintaining these ammo dumps has never been good. 

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