US EditionDeath toll in Russian factory fire rises to 24
Investigators probe industrial safety violations after a fire and explosion at Russia's Elastik plant killed 24 and injured 157, marking the second deadly incident since 2021.
- On August 18, officials reported 20 deaths and 134 injuries in an explosion at Elastik synthetic fiber plant in Lesnoy, Shilovsky district, Ryazan region.
- A gunpowder workshop caught fire, triggering an explosion that fully destroyed the facility, Pavel Malkov said last Friday, according to RIA Novosti.
- According to Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry, first responders cleared about half of the blast site and used K-9 units, marking this as the second deadly incident at the Elastik plant in recent years.
- Investigators launched a criminal probe into safety violations, officials said Monday, as the death toll from last week’s fire rose to 24 with at least 157 injured.
- The plant, once part of Rostec, now operates as Zavod Elastik, producing industrial explosives, anti-armor warheads, and submarine gas generators, according to local outlets.
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In Russia, after an explosion in a factory in the Ryazan region, the number of deaths has risen to at least 20.
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A first assessment had reported 11 deaths following the explosion last Friday in the Elastik factory, 200 km south-east of Moscow, which produces explosives and ammunition.
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