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Fire Breaks Out At Russian Gas Terminal Near St Petersburg

The gas terminal operator said there were no victims in the blaze west of St Petersburg (Credit: AFP)

A blaze at a natural gas terminal in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga on Sunday was caused by an "external factor", said Novatek, Russia's biggest exporter of liquified natural gas.

The operator said there were no victims and the fire was "currently localised", at the site 110 kilometres (70 miles) west of St Petersburg near the Estonian border.

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