"In connection with the fire that occurred on the territory of the synthetic fiber plant" Elastic "in the Ryazan region, the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation organized an inspection of the Prioksky department of Rostekhnadzor," TASS reports the department.
Earlier, RIA Novosti, citing emergency services, reported that the death toll in the accident had reached 17.
A resident of the village of Lesnoy told RT that all those killed in the explosion at a plant in the Ryazan region had children.
As the acting head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Chupriyan noted, an explosion occurred in the powder shop at a plant in the Ryazan region.
In the Ryazan region, October 25 is declared a day of mourning.