SARATOV, June 15 The village of Storozhevka near the fire of a gas pipeline in the vicinity of Saratov is without power, the emergency crew has left for the site, the head of the Tatishchevsky district Pavel Surkov reported in Telegram- channel.
“»At the site of the depressurization of the gas pipeline near the Storozhevsky LPU (linear production management of the main gas pipelines), the landscape fire has been extinguished, the gas in the gas pipeline is shut off, the remaining gas is being bled and burned out of the pipe… To restore the supply of electricity to the village of Storozhevka from Saratov The NESK emergency team has left,” he wrote.
Earlier, Governor Roman Busargin reported that the gas pipeline in the Storozhevka area had previously depressurized due to abnormal heat and was experiencing a fire. He later reported that the landscape fire near the gas pipeline had been localized, there was no threat of the fire spreading, and there would be no interruptions in the gas supply.
According to the head office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the gas pipeline flare reached a height of five meters, and there were no casualties. The regional government stated that the landscape fire in the area of the gas pipeline that caught fire has been completely extinguished.