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Six Chinese nationals among seven killed in Russian gas plant fire

MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Six Chinese nationals were killed and nine more are missing after a fire broke out at a gas chemical complex in Russia's far eastern Amur region, the plant said on Wednesday

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