MOSCOW. Nov 13 (Interfax) - The fire set off by an explosion at Moscow's Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology left two people hurt, the Russian Health Ministry said.
"The incident is not a hazard to sanitary and epidemiological wellbeing. Two gas service workers were hurt. They were taken to the Sklifosovsky emergency medical aid institute," the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The fire broke out during checks on the gas equipment in a room "where only sterile nutrient solutions are made," the statement says.