Large the fire was extinguished the night in the Kaluga region

Large the fire was extinguished the night in the Kaluga region. Close to the science city of Obninsk broke the pipeline. The column of fire, with a height of approximately 10-storey building, illuminated the sky and was visible within a radius of several km.

Liquidation of consequences of accident on the pipeline continues. Now the site works investigative team, which clarifies the reasons for the night of the explosion. A fire scorched several acres of woodland. As a result, emergency no one was hurt, although the fire from the explosion raged in 300 m from the village of Sparrows Zhukovsky district of Kaluga region. The flames rose to a height of 20-25 meters. It was visible for several miles from the scene of the accident. Local residents panicked and fled their homes and tried to get away from the place of incident. Nevertheless, the overall evacuation specialists of MES was not performed.

The explosion occurred about one o'clock in the morning Moscow time. At the scene of the explosion immediately left all emergency services and by 6 a.m. firefighters brought the fire. The area was blocked valves. Here is what it says about the official representative of the Ministry of the Kaluga region, Alexey Klushin: "the Reason sacat installed. The place of work, recovery teams" "Transgaz Moscow" and local management of the main gas pipeline. The fire there was a fire of forest litter on the area about 2,5 hectares".

At the moment the area around the emergency area was still cordoned off.

sections: Accidents, Region News