TBILISI: A fuel train hit a mine and exploded near the stricken Georgian city of Gori on Sunday as Russia faced renewed European Union pressure to make a complete withdrawal from Georgia. The Georgian Interior Ministry said the rail track used by the train had been mined and a huge pall of black smoke could be seen across the Gori region after the huge explosion."The railway was mined and that was the reason for the explosion," Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said.
The blast was the latest fallout from from the five day conflict between Russia, where its troops held a strategic port, and the Georgian army.