A valet from Kazakhstan has been killed as a termination of a fire because of falling distance dust , and another hospitalized , in an extremely rarified event .
The former has been named as Yuri Khatyushin , and the latter as Vyacheslav Tyts . They were part of a clean - up operation for the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket on Wednesday , June 14 . This had launched theProgress MS-06cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome towards the International Space Station ( ISS ) .
The two hands were engage by Russian rocket troupe NPO Mashinostroyeniya to clean up the debris from the Eruca sativa . But while attempt to extinguish the blaze , their truck was steep in flames due to a strong gust of wind .
A affirmation from NPO Mashinostroyeniya said the caller “ will provide all necessary assistance to the families of the deceased and the ( wound ) victim . ” Tyts is presently being treated for his injuries in the Ithiel Town of Zhezkazgan .
The location of the town near to where the fire started . The Baikonur Cosmodrome is to the Rebecca West
The fervor had begun at about 9.25am EDT ( 2.25pm BST ) on Wednesday , accompany the launch about 15 min earlier . Debris from the rocket is cogitate to have ignited dry grass in the planned fallout zone from the rocket .
" allot to the available info , the Kamaz truck equipment driver , an employee of JSC NPO Mashinostroyenia , has died while extinguishing the firing , ” a report obtained by Russian news siteTASSread .
“ JSC NPO Mashinostroyenia ( not affiliated to Roscosmos ) manage upkeep of the fall zone . The fervidness engulfed the Kamaz fomite after a particularly strong blow of hint . ”
Roscosmos , the Russian place delegacy , noted that the fire was extinguished by the evening , and there was no terror to anyone else nearby .
The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is used by Russia for the absolute majority of its launches at the moment , acause for contentionamong locals . While other state like the US launch over open water , where debris is discarded , Russian junk falls onto the steppes of Kazakhstan .
However , Russia is currently finishing construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East . This unexampled launch facility , which has already seenone launchin April 2016 , will be used for some of Russia ’s launch from 2018 onward , end their reliance on Kazakhstan .
No deaths due to falling serviceman - made space debris have ever been reported . Last year , a man in India was claimed to be thefirst mortal kill by a meteorite , although that call was contested .
