As a result of the incident, 12 people were injured. According to the publication Il Giorno, the explosion occurred as a result of a fire around two o'clock in the afternoon according to local time.
According to preliminary data at the time of the accident, there were 33 people at the plant. In this case, the shock wave damaged several cars in the courtyard of the company and the windows in the surrounding residential buildings.
Eyewitnesses report that smoke from a fire was visible at a distance of several kilometers. 13 fire engines left the scene.
Approximately 50 firefighters were involved. Within two hours the rescuers managed to extinguish the fire.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the Central region of the Dnieper, commercial premises with a total area of ??one hundred square meters. The fire arose in a shawarma kiosk, and then spread to two kiosks with children's toys, kiosks with milk and confectionery products.