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An explosion occurred on the export main gas pipeline Urengoy – Pomary – Uzhgorod in Chuvashia. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, the preliminary reason is a gas leak.
The firefight is currently ongoing.
According to RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the head of the republic, before the fire, work was carried out at the facility by the operating organization. The circumstances of the emergency are now being investigated.
As the head of the republic, Oleg Nikolaev, said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel, three people became victims of the incident. According to him, only four people worked. Three of them died in a sharp gas fire. The survivor is in a state of shock.
RIA Novosti specifies that the pipeline where the explosion occurred is a Russian export gas pipeline, through which “blue fuel” is transported from Siberia to Europe. It is noted that this is the only entry point for gas from Russia to Ukraine for transit to Europe.
In the meantime, writes Kommersant, according to the London ICE stock exchange, stock prices for gas in Europe against the backdrop of the state of emergency with the gas pipeline grew to $1,258 per 1,000 cubic meters. m or 114.33 euros for 1 megawatt-hour.
Source: Rosbalt
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