Overview
- The incident occurred in a university teaching building during laboratory tests, the regional security ministry said.
- Preliminary findings point to depressurization of a hydrodynamic test stand, with a test machine leaving the rig due to a process breach.
- The Investigative Committee confirmed two deaths and four injured and is securing evidence and commissioning fire-technical and forensic examinations.
- Prosecutors initiated a review, with acting district prosecutor Dmitry Sverguzov coordinating emergency and operational services on site.
- The university said the deceased were a company head who supplied the test sample and his minor daughter.