“A criminal case has been initiated under Art.
217 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation of safety rules at explosive facilities) ", - said in a press release.
The IC clarified that the cotton occurred during pneumatic tests of the container at the Small Oil Companies of Tatarstan enterprise.
One worker born in 1973 was hospitalized.
Investigators are working at the scene of the emergency, and the question of conducting expert examinations is being decided.
Earlier it was reported that two people were killed in an incident at a plant in Tatarstan.
According to Realnoe Vremya, the dead workers were 47 and 49 years old.
A victim with injuries to the upper and lower extremities and chest is in serious condition in a hospital in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny.