KHABAROVSK, May 12. /TASS/. Two victims of a gunpowder explosion in a military base in the Teysin settlement in the Khabarovsk Region have suffered serious burns, the regional Health Ministry told TASS on Thursday.

"Two victims are being taken to the hospital by air medical services, they have burns, 65% and 40% TBSA," the Health Ministry said, adding that two other victims received light burns and were not taken to a medical facility, having been treated on the spot. The ministry has no information about the other injured.

On Thursday, a gunpowder explosion took place during the unloading of ammunition in a military base in the Teysin settlement in the Amur district of the Khabarovsk Region. According to a TASS emergency services source, one person died and seven were injured.