“The prosecutor’s office of the Kuzovatovsky district of the Ulyanovsk region organized an investigation into the explosion that occurred today, July 9, 2022, at a gas station in the village of Kuzovatovo, as a result of which five people were injured,” the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier it became known that five people were injured in a fire at a gas station in the Ulyanovsk region.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations announced the complete elimination of the fire.