“To check the information, specialists from the chemical engineering laboratory of the Specialized Fire and Rescue Unit of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia in the Sverdlovsk Region went to the site.
No maximum permissible concentration of harmful substances was found after air samples were measured, ”the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
There are no threats to the life and health of citizens, they added.
As previously reported by a TASS source, in the village of Rudny in the south of Yekaterinburg, within the industrial zone, a "chemical leakage" could have occurred.