Near Yaroslavl introduced a regional emergency regime after the explosion of the plant

In the Pereslavl-Zalessky district of the Yaroslavl region, a regional state of emergency was introduced due to a large-scale fire and explosion at the pyrotechnics production plant, the governor of the region Mikhail Evraev said in his Telegram channel.

According to the governor, hundreds of specialists were involved in the elimination of the consequences, and temporary accommodation points for local residents were deployed in the village of Kubrinsk.

“There are 10 known dead, and the search for more people is ongoing. The injured woman was urgently hospitalized in the Yaroslavl hospital named after Solovyov, doctors provide her with all the necessary assistance, the governor said.

In turn, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said that at the time of the fire at the plant could be up to 15 people, while the incident injured 15 people, 14 of whom died, and one woman was hospitalized. Open burning at the site is completely eliminated, emergency services continue to disassemble debris.

Investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Yaroslavl region initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 217 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation concerning violation of industrial safety requirements of hazardous production facilities, which resulted in the death of two or more persons by negligence. A group of investigators and criminologists of the regional department is working at the scene, the necessary forensic examinations have been appointed to establish all the circumstances of the tragedy.