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Several fires have broken out in southern Siberia, affecting about 200 buildings and causing at least five deaths, local authorities said on Saturday, adding they had placed the area under a state of emergency.

More than 16,000 people have been forced to flee their homes after massive explosions at a military depot in Siberia left 12 people injured and one missing. Russian officials said 9,533 people have been evacuated and about 7,000 fled on their own after a fire at a military ammunition depot …