In the Unechsky district of the Bryansk region, as a result of an explosion on the railway tracks, a freight train locomotive derailed. Governor Alexander Bogomaz announced this on his Telegram channel.
According to him, no one was hurt. The explosion occurred at 136 km of railway lines Bryansk-Unecha. Traffic has been halted in this area.
Baza reports that seven or eight cars out of 60 derailed. A fire started after the crash. The train was carrying oil products and lumber.
Earlier on May 1, the Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko announced the blowing up of a power line pylon.