The occupied Kerch gas pipeline caught fire: Russians do not exclude diversion - media (video)

According to Russian media, about 30 thousand Kerch residents were left without heating. The fire also partially damaged the energy transmission line. The invaders consider a version of intentional damage to the networks. On the night of December 8, there was a fire on the gas pipeline in Kerch on the territory of the occupied Crimean Peninsula, in Kerch. This was reported by the Russian edition of the TASS with reference to the city's unified another dispatching service (ECDS).

"There has been a gas pipeline. The accident is currently eliminated, losses are being calculated," the ECDS reported to reporters. According to the Russian portal "Izvestia", the fire was partially damaged by the energy transmission line. The Ministry of Emergencies works at the scene. The local Telegram-channel "Mikerch. RF" reported that the Eastern boiler room in Kerch, which provides warmth of about 30 thousand people, suspended work through an extraordinary event on the gas supply line.

"The gas that breaks out of the pipe in the" joint "is burned. The system has been blocked. However, gas continues to exit from the network under pressure until it burns," the channel authors said. It is reported that the gas pipeline accident occurred between 2 and 3 hours of night. A representative of the occupation administration of Kerch Oleg Shevchenko arrived at the scene. According to the media, the version of intentional damage to the networks is considered.

We will remind, on December 7 in the center of Moscow in the area of ​​Transfiguration Embank of Electrozawor. The fire began on the first floor of the paint shop for the manufacture of reinforced concrete products and metal structures. Earlier, on December 4, the oil depot was attacked in the temporarily occupied Lugansk, causing one of the tanks to flash.