NOVOKUZNETSK, Russia, June 2 (UPI) -- One worker was killed and nine others injured Wednesday in an explosion at a ferro-alloy plant in western Siberia, Russian officials say.
A spokesman for the local emergency services says all the injured were hospitalized suffering from burns, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports.
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Preliminary reports from rescue workers indicate the blast at the Kuzneskiye Ferrosplavy plant was caused by an explosion of ferrosilicium dust.
Investigators and forensic experts have been sent to the city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region where the plant is located.
Last month, two methane blasts at a coal mine in the region killed 67 workers. In addition, 23 workers remain unaccounted for.
