Exceeding the content of harmful substances at the Vladykino metro station in Moscow was not detected

Specialists of the Moscow Department for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Fire Safety (GOChSiBP) took samples at the Vladykino metro station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line. Exceeding the content of harmful substances was not detected, reported “RIA News” in the department. Earlier, RIA-Novosti, citing a representative of emergency services, wrote that a man accidentally broke a can of bromine near the entrance to the subway.

Around 14:00 metropolitan deptrans informedthat the station is temporarily closed to the entry and exit of passengers at the request of the police, and trains pass the station without stopping. After 15:00 Vladykino station opened for the entry and exit of passengers.

“Exceeding the maximum allowable concentration of harmful substances has not been identified,” said a representative of the Department of State Emergency and Health Protection. The samples taken will be further examined in the laboratory, the source said. Meanwhile, a representative of the capital’s emergency services said that, according to preliminary data, the smell of bromine became the reason for the station’s closure.

Maria Fedotova