“Kazan at Maximum Speed” reported that after the “clap” there was a strong wave that was felt by residents of nearby houses.
Afterwards, a fire occurred at the enterprise, which resulted in a partial collapse of the structure.
According to the head of the press service of the head of Tatarstan, Liliya Galimova, the cause of the incident “is man-made in nature,” and the loud sound at the plant was allegedly caused by the operation of the pressure relief system.
Astra published a video of a local commenting on the incident.
“There’s something going on there. In the area of the gunpowder factory. All the ambulances flew there, all the services went there, the fire started with flashing lights. Kirovsky,” says the man.
Two people were injured.
The OSINT project Supernova+ writes that the fire was near the building of the State Research Institute of Chemical Products, a Russian federal government enterprise in Kazan that develops recipes and technologies for the production of gunpowder, propellant charges, cellulose nitrates and mixed fuels for various types of weapons.
The Kazan powder factory is the oldest in Russia, notes Meduza. It produces all brands of pyroxylin powders and charges for almost all types of weapons.
