2023-07-07 14:51:20
According to authorities, the accident happened during maintenance of a pipe and did not cause a fire at the site; two people were injured
Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP The explosives produced at the site are used by the mining industry and around 1,300 people work at the facility
One explosion at an explosives factory in Russia left six dead and two injured this Friday, the 7th. The episode took place in the city of Chapayevskwhich is 40 kilometers from Samara, capital of the region. The deaths were confirmed by Russian emergency services and news agencies. “An explosion happened in Chapaevsk at the Promsintez plant. Six people died, two were injured,” a representative of the authorities told the agency. TASS. The explosion occurred during the “dismantling of a pipeline” for maintenance work and did not cause a fire. According to the company’s profile on the Russian social network VK, the Promsintez factory, the site of the accident, is one of the “main explosives production units” in Russia and in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Explosives produced at the site are used by the mining industry and around 1,300 people work at the facility.
*With information from AFP
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