Explosion and fire at Soviet-era biological weapons facility holding smallpox and Ebola `no threat´, says Russia
(WorldNews France)

Russia has said there is no threat of contamination after an explosion and fire at a Soviet-era biological weapons facility in Siberia that stocked samples of the Ebola and smallpox viruses.The blast happened on Monday at “Vector�, a state-run virus and biotechnology research centre that is one of only two locations in the world to hold the smallpox virus following its eradication in the late 20th century.The Russian health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said a fire broke out when a gas cylinder… ......