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2008 Georgia fuel train blast
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2008 Georgia fuel train blast - an oil train explosion and fire ater hiting a mine , on August 24, 2008 , in central Georgia . Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said the blast hit near the end of the train and one third of its 30 tanker cars were on fire . Responsibility Georgian officials suggested that the blast could have been caused by a landmine planted on the line by Russian troops. "The investigators have one key suspicion, it is that the Russian forces that left there two days ago have left a mine on the railroad," Shota Utiashvili, spokesman for Georgia's interior ministry.. The Russian Defence Ministry has declined comment, saying it was not clear what had happened . Casualties No casualties were reported, but the blast set off explosions at an abandoned munitions dump nearby . Related articles *2008 South Ossetia war See Also
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