Wildfire in Damascus Warehouse Causes Massive Explosion, State Media Reports

Syrian media cites a military source as saying that the fire reached a munitions storage facility in the capital's west

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FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the besieged Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 27, 2018.
\ BASSAM KHABIEH/ REUTERS

An explosion was heard in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state TV said on Saturday.

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According to State TV, the blast occured in an undisclosed military area in Dummar, west of the capital. 

Other reports quote a military source, who said the explosion, which took place in an army weapons warehouse, was caused by a spreading wildfire rather than a deliberate attack. 

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