Two people died, five more were injured as a result of a fire that occurred on the territory of the Angarsk petrochemical company (ANHK) in Angarsk Irkutsk region, Rossi media said with reference to the governor of the region Igor Kobzev.
The Ministry of Emergencies reported that they eliminated a fire on an area of 2,500 square meters. According to preliminary information, the cause of the explosion at the factory was the gasket of technological installation systems.
The specialists of the Baikal branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences recorded seismic consumers, which occurred at 5:54 in the morning local time, which approximately corresponds to the start time of the fire. At the same time, rescuers did not officially report the explosion.