…Emergency officials in Russia said that an explosion took place…at a synthetic rubber plant in the Siberian city of Omsk. The Emergency Situations Ministry said the accident had claimed casualities, but gave no specific details. “As a result of a fire, an explosion occurred in the oil products refining column. There are casualties,” local emergency officials said in a statement. Officials said 30 emergency vehicles and 80 rescue workers had been dispatched to the site of the incident. People in the vicinity reported hearing two loud explosions and seeing a dark cloud of smoke rising from the Omsky Kauchuk plant…Omsky Kauchuk is part of the Titan holding company…