A welder of a road construction company died today, May 20, as a result of an oxygen cylinder explosion.

According to the Ministry of Interior press service, the 44-year-old resident of Qorghan-Teppa, Bakhtiar Baharov, ignored security rules while working with the welding machine in Ferdowsi District of Dushanbe, which led to the explosion of the oxygen cylinder.

Baharov was delivered to hospital with heavy wounds, where he died later. There were no other casualties. Currently relevant state structures are investigating at the location.