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Explosion in Bucharest

In Bucharest an ammunition depot holding a thousand wagons of munitions has blown up. The paper links the explosion to the one in the Warsaw Citadel and to Romania's preparations for war with the Soviets.

Explosion in Bucharest

Following the well-known explosion in the Warsaw Citadel, a similar incident took place in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, at the very moment when Romania is preparing for war with the USSR. About a thousand wagons of ammunition exploded, including 12000 artillery shells that had only just been brought from the Škoda munitions factories.

The explosion caused terrible damage.

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