MOSCOW, August 9 Open fire at the site of an explosion in a warehouse with pyrotechnics at an optical-mechanical plant in Sergiev Posad, near Moscow, managed to be eliminated on an area of 400 square meters, the press service of the regional head office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation said. 350 people and 84 pieces of equipment, as well as 12 cynological crews, were involved in the elimination of the consequences of the explosion.
The explosion in Sergiev Posad, near Moscow, occurred on Wednesday morning. According to the governor of the region Andrey Vorobyov, the incident happened in a pyrotechnics warehouse, which was rented by a private company; 45 people were injured, 17 of them are in the hospital, five are in intensive care. A criminal case has been initiated on violation of industrial safety requirements. -1889100128.html» data-title=»Vorobiev: in the shop of Sergiev Posad, where the explosion thundered, they started pyrotechnics»>