Rescuers work at the blast site of a plant in Moscow region, Russia, Aug. 9, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua]
The number of people injured
in a blast at a plant in the city of Sergiev Posad of the Moscow Region on Wednesday increased to 80, the Russian Health Ministry said on Thursday, adding that 15 people were hospitalized.
"According to the data, 80 people were injured, 1 person died as a result of an accident at a plant in Sergiev Posad," the ministry said in a statement.
The explosion happened around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday local time (0740 GMT) at a pyrotechnics warehouse, which was being rented out on the optical-mechanical plant's territory by a private company, said Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobiev in a Telegram post.
Local media, citing a State Duma deputy, suggested that the blast could have occurred due to a "violation of technological processes."
