Amateur video from mobile phones recorded numerous blasts at a military depot in southern Russia where up to 13 million shells were said to have been stored.

At least 6,000 people had to be evacuated from the nearby village of Nagorny in Samara - at least eight people have been reported missing.

Around 500 firefighters were called in to try to put out a fire on the base.

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