“Localization was announced at 10:40 Moscow time,” the agency was told.

Earlier, the prosecutor's office of the Moscow region of Kazan, on behalf of the prosecutor of Tatarstan, Ildus Nafikov, began an investigation into the fact of a gas explosion and fire at the city gas distribution station

According to the Ministry of Health of Tatarstan, one person died as a result of the accident, two more victims were hospitalized.

The IC has opened a criminal case on violation of safety rules at explosive facilities.