The number of those killed as a result of an emergency at one of the enterprises in the Ryazan region of the Russian Federation reached 25. This was reported in the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation on August 19.
in the Ryazan region, the body of another deceased was extracted. Involved information, 158 people were injured, 25 of them died, – it follows from the publication published in the telegram. The Elastik plant, located in the Shilovsky district of the Ryazan region, occurred on August 15. The authorities announced the emergency mode. It was noted that the building of the powder workshop was completely destroyed.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under an article on violation of industrial safety requirements of hazardous production facilities, which entailed the death of two or more persons through negligence. A number of telegrams -channels wrote that the detonation of the ammunition could become the cause of the explosion. Emergency services reported that the explosion could occur due to a violation of safety precautions. Earlier in the Ryazan region they announced the day of mourning in connection with the emergency at the enterprise.