BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 24. Minister of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan Madat Guliyev urgently went to the country's Shirvan city, TurkicWorld reports.

The minister is on his way to Shirvan, following the recent explosion.

The explosion occurred during compression of the intermediate gearbox of the explosive in the Shirvan Araz Plant LLC of the Ministry of Defense Industry today, at about 12:00 (GMT+4). An investigation is currently underway.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan has launched an investigation in connection with the explosion.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Shirvan City is investigating the explosion of ammunition at the plant of the Ministry of Defense Industry, located in the city of Shirvan, as a result of which one person was killed and one was injured.