In Pyatigorsk, while unloading a gas tanker, an explosion occurred, after which a fire broke out. This was announced by city mayor Dmitry Voroshilov on Saturday, May 16.
According to him, all necessary forces and means were sent to the scene to end the emergency. Voroshilov himself also arrived at the scene.
The mayor stressed that the incident was not related to a drone attack. According to the preliminary version, the reason may be a violation of safety rules.
-The explosion has nothing to do with the drone attack. Presumed a safety violation. “Please refrain from traveling along Ermolov Street,” he wrote in the message. Top.
On May 12, a fire also occurred in the Izmailov Kremlin district in eastern Moscow. The fire broke out in a two-storey metal building on Vernissaznaya Street.
Later it became known that five people were rescued from the fire-engulfed building, where the Stalin Bunker Museum and the site of the mission are located. The fire was extinguished on the morning of May 13.