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Explosion in Poland near Ukraine border kills two, PM calls urgent national security committee meeting

"Prime Minister Morawiecki has called the National Security Committee to meet urgently," government spokesman Piotr Müller said on his Twitter account, after an explosion in a region near the Ukrainian border whose cause is rumored to be stray missiles launched by Russia. Müller did not share details of the meeting.

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Published November 15,2022
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Two people died after an explosion in Poland in a region near the Ukraine border late afternoon, local media reported.

The report added that incident took place at a grain collection point.

It was added that the victims were grain dryer workers and the rescue services were currently on site.

Radio Lublin reported that emergency officials and army troops have reached the scene of the explosion in the village of Przewodow in the Lublin district.

"The causes of this incident are not known at the moment," Marcin Lebiedowicz, spokesman of the local State Fire Service office, told Radio Lublin.

The exact causes and circumstances of the incident are being investigated while the area was secured, amid rumors of stray missiles as the cause of the explosion.

"Prime Minister Morawiecki has called the National Security Committee to meet urgently," government spokesman Piotr Müller said on his Twitter account, after the incident.

Müller did not share details of the meeting, while fighter jets were also reportedly scrambled.

A senior American official also told Associated Press that Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had announced that Russia has launched 85 missile attacks across the country on Tuesday, mostly on energy infrastructure.