The tragedy in the neighboring Yaroslavl region: in a fire at the enterprise for the production of pyrotechnics killed 14 people

Federal news agencies report a terrible tragedy that took place on the evening of September 28 in the village of Kubrinsk, Pereslavl district of the Yaroslavl region. At the pyrotechnics factory, located in the house No. 1 on Parkovaya Street, at about half past six in the evening a fire broke out in the finished products warehouse, which quickly spread throughout the production site, led to the detonation of finished products, the destruction of two buildings and the death of people.

The online edition of Mash reports that the cause of the fire in the warehouse of finished products could be a faulty extension cord - when workers during the lunch break decided to boil an electric kettle, a short circuit occurred in the extension cord - and because of the spark that flew out of it, a fire began, the fire spread to pyrotechnics, after which fires and explosions from which glass was broken in nearby buildings, and the roof was damaged from the fall of debris.

The press service of the head of the Yaroslavl region Mikhail Evraev told REN TV that the death toll from the fire by 22:00 is 14 people. But this data is not final, since emergency services continue to work at the scene of the tragedy and the analysis of debris is still ongoing.

In the Yaroslavl region, an operational headquarters was deployed to coordinate actions to eliminate the consequences of emergency.

The regional Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact of violations of industrial safety requirements of hazardous production facilities. Acting Prosecutor of the Yaroslavl region Svetlana Kozlova left for the place of emergency to coordinate the actions of law enforcement officers. At the moment, law enforcement officers have established that the enterprise in Kubrinsk belongs to the company “Salyut Yug”, registered in the city of Mineralnye Vody of the Stavropol Territory, the director and sole owner of the company – Alexei Pronin, from 2022 to 2024 the company was four times prosecuted for illegal employment in the Russian Federation of a foreign citizen or stateless person.