SERGIYV POSAD. Aug 9 (Interfax) - An emergency regime has been imposed in the Sergiyev Posad district of the Moscow region, where an explosion occurred on Wednesday morning, the administration's press service said on Wednesday.
"An emergency regime has been imposed in the Sergiyev Posad district [...] Introducing this regime will make it possible to collect, systematize and analyze data," the release said.
It will make it possible to raise extra funding to restore damaged facilities.
According to earlier reports, an explosion rocked a rented fireworks storage facility on the premises of the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday. All of the plant's buildings and workshops were evacuated. More than 50 people were injured.
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