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Proof: 14 killed as fire tears through Russian fireworks factory

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-29T01:32:46Z","headline":"14 killed as fire tears through Russian fireworks factory","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"timesofindia","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/14-dead-in-massive-blaze-at-russian-fireworks-factory/articleshow/134550018.cms","v":1}

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SHA-256

402fea611ca93a7975d579ca3a002c134daf01342912b74c8c314d6401db40a2

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969085, mined 2026-09-29 01:50 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-29 01:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-29 00:58 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-402fea611ca9.json prints 402fea611ca93a7975d579ca3a002c134daf01342912b74c8c314d6401db40a2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-402fea611ca9.json and headline-402fea611ca9.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-402fea611ca9.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.