YEKATERINBURG, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - Three people were killed and another five injured in an explosion that ripped through a plant in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil on Friday, a local police source said.
The blast occurred at the Uralvagonzavod factory that manufactures tanks, freight cars, cistern cars and flat wagons at 1:42 p.m. local time (08:42 GMT).
The injured people have been hospitalized, a local ambulance spokesman said. An investigation is underway.
In December, three people were killed and one injured in an explosion at a coke-making plant in Nizhny Tagil.
