At a large defense enterprise - the plant named after. Sverdlov near Nizhny Novgorod - an explosion occurred. The plant itself reported that there was a “pop” in the mine disposal building. According to news agencies, there are dead and injured.

The plant, in particular, is engaged in the production of explosives and ammunition.

According to the company, the building where the bang occurred is cordoned off, and the plant does not report any casualties. According to an Interfax source in the ambulance service of the Nizhny Novgorod region, the explosion killed three people and injured three more. three dead A TASS source in law enforcement agencies also reported ; RIA Novosti reported two dead.

The unified dispatch service for the city of Dzerzhinsk, where the plant is located, told Interfax that “ a fire occurred in the workshop.” According to a TASS interlocutor, an explosion of the substance ammonal occurred in one of the workshops due to a “violation of the technological process.” After the explosion, a fire broke out over an area of 100 square meters. m.

The Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod Region announced that it was conducting a pre-investigation check on the territory of the plant. According to preliminary data from the department, “during the implementation of technical work there was a bang and smoke,” the Investigative Committee is clarifying information about the victims.

According to the plant itself, the enterprise is the largest manufacturer of “all types of industrial explosives, detonators, transfer charges for the mining industry” and other products for blasting, seismic and geophysical work.

As wrote Kommersant , in July at the plant named after. Sverdlov there was a partial collapse of the workshop, which is classified as a hazardous production facility. The publication noted that the plant management did not notify the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Rostekhnadzor in connection with the emergency. Later, the company itself reported that on July 5, “a partial collapse of the wall of a non-working part of the production building occurred,” the technological equipment was not damaged, and no workers were injured.

An explosion occurred at a large defense plant near Nizhny Novgorod