5 people injured in pet store blast in Arkhangelsk

Five people were injured in a pet food store blast here on Sunday night. Igor Grigoryev, head of the presss center of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (RME) department for Arkhangelsk Region, has told Itar-Tass that all the victims of the blast were passers-by who were injured by window pane fragments. According to the rescue agency, a "loud sharp crack" and an ensuing fire happened inside the pet food store at 101, Voskresenskaya Street, Building 1. A blast occurred at about 21:40, Moscow time. "There was no loss of life. The store has been practically gutted out. In an apartment above the shop, an inter-room partition shifted without getting destroyed," Grigoryev said. First-respons services of the city have been at work at the scene, seeking to find out the causes of the incident.