US Edition5 Killed in Ryazan Explosives Plant Blast
Safety violations likely caused the explosion at a key defense plant, killing five workers and injuring 20, with 10 in critical condition, officials reported.
- On August 15, 2025, a powerful explosion destroyed the gunpowder workshop at the Elastic Synthetic Fibers Plant in Ryazan Region, killing five and injuring twenty, according to RIA Novosti.
- Authorities had cited safety violations at the plant, marking the second such explosion since October 2021 when 17 lives were lost, and regulators arrested the company’s CEO and founder.
- Around 11:00 AM, local residents reported hearing a deafening boom and saw a mushroom-shaped cloud, while emergency services evacuated more than 100 people and Mash reported 20 trapped.
- Amid rescue efforts, Ryazan Region Governor Pavel Malkov arrived at the site to oversee operations, and the regional operations headquarters said the blast was believed to be caused by safety regulation violations in the gunpowder area.
- Founded in 1962, the plant remains the main employer for about 8,000 people in Lesnoy, where investigators are conducting a preliminary probe into the fire.
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Five people died in a gunpowder explosion at the Elastic plant in the Ryazan region.
In the powder shop of the Elastic plant in the Shiliv district of the Ryazan region of the Russian Federation there was an explosion and a fire broke out.
At least five people were killed and more than a hundred injured by an explosion in a workshop that manufactured weapons and ammunition in the Russian region of Riazán, south-east of Moscow, local authorities and media reported this Friday."Five people died as a result of an accident at one of the companies in the Shilovski district of the Riazán region," sources from the local administration told the Russian official TASS agency.In turn, the go…
A massive explosion rocked a production hall of the Elastik gunpowder factory in Russia's Ryazan region on Friday morning. The detonation was followed by a fire, completely destroying the building. The blast killed at least five people and injured more than a hundred. Authorities have sealed off the factory and launched an investigation into safety violations, while rescue teams are working at the scene.
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