SC sets the cause of the explosion of a gas pipeline in the Tver region
The investigation began checking the causes and circumstances of the explosion leading to the site of the Ukrainian gas pipeline, which occurred yesterday in Torzhok district of the Tver region, informs on Tuesday, the investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the region.
The gas exploded on the first day of week 1, 5 kilometres to the West of the settlements Bogunova pipeline with a diameter of 1420 mm " Torzhok-Dolyna-1 ". According to the Ministry, during fire worked Autonomous protective system, the gas supply was stopped, and the combustion of residual gas ceased. Received damage and danger to the settlements, was not.
the head of the press service of the Ukrainian organization "Ukrtransgaz" Maxim Beliavsky said Last news that Ukraine's gas transport system works in normal operating conditions. According to the information of LLC " Gazprom transgaz St. Petersburg ", the accident at the pipeline did not affect gas customers gas supply continues to be in full on parallel pipelines.
"based on this fact, Torzhok Interdistrict investigative Department of the investigative Department of the RF IC Tver region initiated preliminary examination ", - reported in the report of the RCDS.
at the time of arrival of the investigation team from the pipe was burned Gas, the flame height was 80 cm. At a distance of 141 metres from the centre of the explosion (the pit size 20 18 meters and a depth of 3 meters) on the opposite side of the dirt road was a fragment of the deformed metal pipe. On the fragment investigators found 3 fracture With the direction of the metal to the outside of the pipe. Analysis of swabs and removed from the excavation of the soil showed a lack of explosive substances. From the event samples given for chemical testing.
SK stresses that the terrain size 300 150 meters damaged soil and forest along the pipeline. This was the reason for the purpose of environmental impact assessment.