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Explosion in plant in Azerbaijani's city of Shirvan

6 July 2015 17:09 (UTC+04:00)
Explosion in plant in Azerbaijani's city of Shirvan

By Amina Nazarli

An industrial accident occurred in the “Telemechanics" plant belonging to the Defense Industry Ministry in Azerbaijani city of Shirvan on July 6.

The short circuit occurred in one of the workshops of the “Telemechanics" plant of the ministry, which caused a fire at 11:30 (UTC/GMT +4 hours). As a result of the fire, an explosion occurred, the ministry reported.

The blast killed one person, 19 were hospitalized. Some 13 of them have already been discharged home. The rest injured are being treated.

“Telemechanics" was established in 1981 and first was called "Devices Plant ". An industrial automation and telemechanics plant was built near it in 1985. These enterprises were merged under the name of the Industrial automation and telemechanics plant in 1989.

“Telemechanics production association was established on its base in 1991. “Telemechanics production association has begun its activity under the State Committee for Special Engineering and Conversion of the Azerbaijan Republic since 1993.

“Telemechanics production association has been renamed into the “Telemechanics plant since September 2006. It continues its activity under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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