2025 Elastik powder factory explosion

When

15 Aug 2025

Kind

Explosion

Coordinates

54.20° N, 40.45° E

Description

Powder factory explosion in Ryazan Oblast, Russia on 15 August 2025

Deaths

25

Injured

135

Explosion in Lesnoy, Russia

On August 15, 2025, an explosion and fire at the Elastik industrial plant in Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killed 28 people and injured 157 others.

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