9 Oct 2012 11:38

Emergency services heading to blast site at Orenburg region testing ground

ORENBURG. Oct 9 (Interfax) - A commission has urgently been formed on orders from Orenburg Region Governor Yury Berg to investigate explosions at the Donguz military testing ground, the governor's spokesman Igor Dmitrachkov told Interfax.

"All emergency services - Emergency Situations Ministry units, firefighters and ambulances - are heading to the site," he said.

The explosions happened "within the past hour", he said.

Berg is currently attending a State Council session in Moscow, Dmitrachkov said.