In Moscow there was an explosion at the gas station: one victim – BBC Russian

• 22 May 2015

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at the petrol station in the west of Moscow there was an explosion followed by a fire broke out.

According to eyewitnesses, a loud sound, like an explosion, they heard about 17:15 on Friday near Ryabinovaya streets.

Later in the Internet appeared a video in which the visible black smoke, but it removes standing too far from the scene of the fire, so the details of the video impossible to understand.

In Moscow police have confirmed Ryabinovaya fire on the street. “At this moment we know of one victim who received medical assistance on the spot”, – reported in the Russian Interior Ministry.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, in turn, said that, according to preliminary information, exploded gas semitrailer next to the paper warehouse on the territory of the gas station. The fire was extinguished by 18:30.

Investigators have already begun to test a procedural crime scene and interviewing eyewitnesses.