Blast, Fire Reported at Soviet Power Plant
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<i> United Press International</i>
MOSCOW — A unit at one of the biggest hydroelectric stations in the Transcaucasus region has exploded, the official news agency Tass said Monday.
The explosion collapsed the roof of the station at Mingechaur in the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, 270 miles northwest of Baku, and a fire broke out, Tass said.
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