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Russia: Fire flares at spy agency headquarters; no injuries
MOSCOW – Russia’s spy agency says a fire broke out at its Moscow headquarters but no one was hurt.
The Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, said the fire started on Wednesday at a technical facility at the headquarters.
Agency spokesman Sergei Ivanov said in a statement carried by Russian newswires that the blaze was extinguished and caused no injuries.
Russian news reports said the fire erupted in a tunnel housing cables under the SVR’s headquarters in Moscow’s southwest. The reports said a short circuit likely caused it.
SVR oversees Russian spy operations abroad. It is a top successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB.
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