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Proof: 14 killed as fire tears through Russian fireworks factory

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-29T01:10:02Z","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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b2c1e966d42a670235c11dfcece694e143b58bd459ca21eb9b0cd2062bf9bd7c

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969082, mined 2026-09-29 01:34 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-29 01:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-29 00:58 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-b2c1e966d42a.json prints b2c1e966d42a670235c11dfcece694e143b58bd459ca21eb9b0cd2062bf9bd7c. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-b2c1e966d42a.json and headline-b2c1e966d42a.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-b2c1e966d42a.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, 2 min after it was first seen.