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Phys.org: Two killed in Russian space centre accident:
Two officers were killed Tuesday and three hospitalised with toxic burns suffered during a chemical spill at Russia's Plesetsk military launch pad, the defence ministry said.
The accident happened while the soldiers were cleaning a nitrogen gas tank during routine maintenance, Russian news agencies quoted a defence ministry official as saying.
The ministry did not disclose details of the accident, saying only that it was caused "by the officers' failure to follow safety procedures."
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