A massive gas explosion has sparked a fire at a Russian lab that houses viruses ranging from smallpox to Ebola, authorities have said.

The State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology has said a cylinder exploded in lab which is one of two places in the world that houses the smallpox disease which has been eradicated in the world.

Other highly lethal diseases that are stored there include Anthrax and Ebola.

Located in Koltsovo, in the Novosibirsk region of Siberia, the site is thought to be where biological weapons have been made.

A massive gas explosion has sparked a fire at a Russian lab that houses viruses ranging from smallpox to Ebola

A cylinder exploded in lab which is one of two places in the world that houses the smallpox disease

Firefighter and rescue teams responded to the explosion before it was realised what the possible implications could be.

Russian media have reported that the “the situation was quickly upgraded from an ordinary emergency to a major incident”.

Well, this isn't good news

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which is one of two places in the world that houses the smallpox disease

Ah ha.

Oopsie!

Russia- the assclown of the world

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Originally posted by Angus the Kid:
A massive gas explosion has sparked a fire at a Russian lab that houses viruses ranging from smallpox to Ebola, authorities have said.

The State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology has said a cylinder exploded in lab which is one of two places in the world that houses the smallpox disease which has had been eradicated in the world.

^^^^^ Fixed it.

A lot of explosions in Russia lately.

I just watched the latest Mission Impossible movie last night so I'll refrain from any speculation.

Yeah, um, they got's themselves 'splodin' submarines, 'splodin' Hinds, 'splodin' labs, 'n' stuff.

Home Boy will never go back to Russia again, at least not as every thing be 'splodin', and whatnot. Last time Home Boy was there, they be gassin' theaters, and stuff. Homes don't want none of that all up in his grill, dawg.

H&K-Guy

Smallpox is fairly fragile in its natural form; it usually dies within 24 hours outside of a host. I’m not sure if it is possible to engineer it to be hardier or not. Ebola is even more fragile.

Anthrax can survive in the environment for a fairly long time, but even intentional attacks with it have poor results.

An explosion in Russia doesn’t really make me nervous.

“A cylinder exploded in lab which is one of two places in the world that houses the smallpox disease”.

Guess where the other is?

Sure is a lot of shit blowing up in Russia lately.

Too much Vodka passed around?

All bad disease burn in fire. No worry <cough>
- Russian Lab Spokesperson

The State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology: " Our business is Life itself."

I really don't think we need to worry about climate change killing off the human race. More aptly, we're likely to handle that all by ourselves.

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A really hot fire following the explosion would be reassuring

aannnd, they are towing a nuclear reactor on a barge to northern Siberia. THAT won't end well!!

Hey, Chernobyl turned out OK....right? Right? Assclown deluxe. Big floppy clown shoes.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
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“A cylinder exploded in lab which is one of two places in the world that houses the smallpox disease”.

Guess where the other is?

Atlanta?

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
Guess where the other is?

USAMRIID ?

And the hits just keep on comin'. Is there a whole suite of accelerated development programs going on over there or something? Or just an overidealization of a glorious Soviet past? Or maybe a spike in the supply of bad moonshine born of Putin's campaign to make vodka harder to come by? Something is giving those guys that bad case of clown shoes.

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Is there a whole suite of accelerated development programs going on over there or something?

No, they're just a bunch of drunken assclowns.