MOSCOW (AP) – A fire at an industrial plant in Russia’s Ryazan region on Friday killed 11 people and injured 130, Russian officials said Saturday.

The blaze broke out Friday at the Elastik plant in the Shilovsky District, around 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of Moscow. Emergency crews continued to search through debris into the weekend, and two additional bodies were recovered overnight, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

According to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, a gunpowder workshop at the facility caught fire and triggered the blast.

Of the injured, 29 remained hospitalized on Saturday – 13 in Ryazan and 16 transported to medical centers in Moscow, officials said.

Regional authorities said three people were rescued from under the rubble overnight as investiga

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