According to the investigators, in the process of loading salute installations, representatives of the supplier company have violated the procedure for working with fireworks products.
“They carried out a mechanical effect on the charges of pyrotechnics while loading mortars, which was not provided for by the rules of handling them,” says the message.
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Health of Belarus, Vladimir Karnik, said that one person died, five were hospitalized, three more went to Minsk hospitals because of injuries received during the holiday salute. UK of Belarus opened a criminal case.
According to preliminary information, the cause of explosions of fireworks in Minsk are poor-quality charges of one of the calibers of pyrotechnics.