A huge smoke cloud rose after a warehouse containing pyrotechnics exploded at a factory north of Moscow, Russian officials said on Wednesday, 9 August.<br /><br />At least 31 people were injured, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said.<br /><br />Nineteen people were taken to hospital and three moved to intensive care units with serious injuries, he added.<br /><br />According to Vorobyov, the explosion occurred in a 40-square-metre warehouse of 40m privately rented from the factory.<br /><br />The Zagorsk factory website says the plant makes medical equipment and optical equipment for Russia’s security forces.
