At least 52 injured in blast at Moscow plant: authorities
STORY: At least 52 injured in blast at Moscow plant: authorities
DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:55
LOCATION: Moscow
CATEGORY: OTHERS
SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): MENG JING, Xinhua correspondent in Moscow
2. various of the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant
3. various of the rescue efforts
STORYLINE:
STANDUP (English): MENG JING, Xinhua correspondent in Moscow
"We are here in the city of Sergiyev Posad in Moscow region. An explosion took place this (Wednesday) morning in the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant behind me, which caused at least 52 injured."
According to the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobiev, the explosion happened at around 10:40 a.m. local time at a pyrotechnics warehouse, which was being rented out on the optical-mechanical plant's territory by a private company.
Vorobiev said people have been evacuated from all the buildings and workshops of the plant, as well as from a kindergarten close to the factory. He also said that a sport complex near the plant had been damaged
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