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An explosion at an arms depot in northern Syria has killed at least 15 soldiers and wounded 50, the Sana state news agency has said.An explosion at an arms depot in northern Syria has killed at least 15 soldiers and wounded 50, the Sana state news agency has said.
The blast took place early in the morning at a military site north of the city of Aleppo. The explosion took place early in the morning at Musalmiya, about 10km (6 miles) north of the city of Aleppo.
"We saw them arrive to the hospital dead. They were military personnel," a witness told the Reuters news agency. "One hospital I went to was filled with injured personnel," a witness told the Reuters news agency.
The blast was caused when high summer temperatures set off explosive materials, officials said. Officials say the blast was caused by high summer temperatures which set off explosive materials.
It was "not the result of sabotage", they said.
An official at Aleppo University Hospital told the Associated Press news agency that the bodies of five dead soldiers and 10 wounded were brought to the facility.