Tass, citing local emergency services, reported that three people died and one was injured.
An explosion occurred in the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhhorod natural gas export pipeline, which carries gas from Russia’s northwestern Siberia through Ukraine, Reuters reports, citing the RBC news agency.
According to RBC, the accident occurred near the Volga city of Kazan, and after the explosion it was suspended from 1:50 p.m. (12:50 Greek time) the natural gas flow of part of the pipeline. Gazprom, for its part, announced that the flow of gas, which continues through a parallel pipeline system, is not disrupted.
The regional emergency ministry in Russia’s Chuva Republic said it received a call about a gas pipeline fire, without naming the pipeline. The pipeline blew up during scheduled maintenance work near the village of Kalinino.
Tass, citing local emergency services, reported that three people died and one was injured.
The pipeline, built in the 1980s, enters Ukraine through the Sudzha metering point. It is currently the main transit route for Russian natural gas to reach Europe.
Natural gas prices rose temporarily to 114 euros but have now fallen to 107 while earlier in the morning they were at 101
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