Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- According to preliminary data, none of the missing in an explosion in a powder shop near Ryazan managed to escape, an informed source told Interfax.

Thus, the death toll has increased to 16 people. “No survivors were found during the examination of the site of the fire,” the source said.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported seven victims and ten injured in a fire in a powder shop near Ryazan, another nine people were missing. In total, there was a shift of 17 people in the shop, one of them was hospitalized.

Among the main versions of what happened is a violation of technological processes. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, "there is no threat to the population." The fire at the plant is localized.

An explosion with casualties at a gunpowder factory in the Ryazan region took place on the premises of a private company, which is located on the territory of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Synthetic Fiber Plant Elastic, an informed source in the defense industry told Interfax.

He noted that the Federal State Unitary Enterprise has been in bankruptcy for a long time - from 2011-2012 and has not been operating. “The management is carried out by an independent bankruptcy commissioner. The main creditor of the enterprise is the Federal Tax Service,” the source said.