Pipeline explosion in Komi

A main gas pipeline in the Komi Republic last night exploded, leaving a 25 meter big pipe rupture.

Atle Staalesen

21 May 2010 - 02:00

The pipeline, an underground installation belonging to the Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta, last night exploded near the town of Vyktyl, Regnum reports. The pipeline is not reported to have caught fire. The Vyktyl-Ukhta pipeline has 1020 mm diameter.

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