"In connection with the received message about a fire at the powder warehouse of an enterprise located in the Shilovsky district, the regional prosecutor's office organized an inspection," the official statement on the agency's website says.
The work of coordinating the bodies is supervised by the acting
Regional Prosecutor Nikita Zubko.
According to preliminary data, 16 people died in an explosion at a gunpowder factory near Ryazan.
Acting head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Chupriyan flies to the Ryazan region in order to coordinate the forces and means to eliminate the emergency.