Exploded in Ukraine section of the pipeline was in emergency condition
The gas pipeline Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod in the Poltava region of Ukraine, where on Tuesday there was an explosion and subsequent fire that was in critical condition, said the head of the Poltava regional state administration Viktor Bugaichuk. according to him, " two years earlier engineers line management of the main gas pipelines appealed to Naftogaz and reported about an emergency condition of the pipe. The area is eleven patches ". However, the Company refused to allocate funds for repairs. On responses of Bugaichuk, Depressurization could be due to subsidence of soil, ITAR-TASS reported. Depressurization of the main gas pipeline Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod and subsequent fire occurred on Tuesday at 14. 20 local time (15. 20 GMT) in lohvica district, Poltava region. The height of the flame reached 200 meters. Received damage among residents there. The Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine believes that the key version of the fire on the gas pipeline in the Poltava region have become a terrorist act. The organization Ukrtransgaz said that the damaged Section of the pipeline was quickly blocked at compressor stations." The choke distance is about 20 km of the gas Stream is translated into a parallel gas pipeline ", - explained the press service. The organization stressed that the explosion on the gas pipeline did not affect the transit of natural gas to Europe.