RUSSIA: MOSCOW: EXPLOSION

(6 Apr 2000) Natural Sound A blast of unknown origin happened in Moscow's Institute of General Physics building early on Thursday morning. An Emergencies Directorate spokesman told Russian news agency Itar-Tass that the five-storey building on Moscow's 5th Magistralnaya Street is owned by the institute, but the blast in fact occurred in a room leased to a private company. The explosion, which occurred at 1.50 a-m Moscow time, shattered windows in a number of houses nearby. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...