An employee of the Ministry of Emergencies was injured during the extinguishing of a fire with gunpowder in warehouses in the Sverdlovsk region. This was expressed in 2019 by the press service of the regional organization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. telegraph channel.
“The firefighter was handed over to the city hospital to provide medical assistance,” the publication says.
The man was diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the department.
No deaths or injuries were reported among local citizens as a result of a strong fire. Damage to residents’ property was also not recorded.
Earlier it was learned that from a forest fire in the village of Pervomaisky, Sverdlovsk region. caught fire two gunpowder tanks. Later, it was reported that two warehouses burned and three more warehouses burned. managed to defend by fire. A TASS source in the emergency services said the situation has stabilized. He also added that one of the burned warehouses was empty and the second was half full of gunpowder. There was TNT in the warehouses that managed to survive the fire.