Sudden! A gunpowder factory in Russia exploded, representing Russia
According to the Russian Sputnik News Agency on the 21st, the representative of the emergency department of Tambov state told the satellite news agency that a gunpowder factory in Kotovsk, Tambov state, caught fire and exploded on the 20th, causing 5 deaths and 11 injuries.
The representative said, "According to preliminary information, a gunpowder factory in Kotovsk caught fire and exploded."
Previously, the Tanbov Oblast Bureau of the Russian Federation Investigation Commission stated that the explosion accident resulted in four deaths.
The news said, "The fifth victim was a worker who died in the hospital."
According to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the open flame was extinguished at 14:17 local time on the 20th. Governor Maxim Yegorov of Tambov stated that the gunpowder plant fire in the state was caused by human factors, and the accident was "not a terrorist attack.".