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Fri, 07/25/2008 - 20:31
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Gas pipeline explodes at railway in Volgograd reg, traffic stopped
VOLGOGRAD, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - There was a gas pipeline explosion in the Novonikolayevsky district of the Volgograd region near a railway. The train traffic was stopped due to the incident.
The regional department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations told Itar-Tass that the "report about the Petrovsk-Novopskovsk gas pipeline explosion with following fire came at 22:30, Moscow time on Thursday. The gas supply was shut down immediately." "The explosion occurred 300 metres from the railway tracks at asection between the Duplyatka and Kasarka stations. The rail traffic was stopped, including two trains: Volgograd-Moscow and St.
Petersburg-Volgograd," the ministry officials specified.
There were no immediate reports about casualties. Four tanks of the Novonikolayevsk fire-fighting unit were working at the incident site. A response group of the Emergency Situations Ministry's department for the Volgograd region was dispatched to the scene.
Meanwhile, railwaymen sent a special fire-fighting train to the gas pipeline explosion site. Itar-Tass was told at the Russian Railways Company (RZD) that according to specified information, there was a rupture of the gas pipeline at 22:16, Moscow time, near the Duplyatka station of the Volga Railway 30 metres form the tracks. Gas ignited as a result of the incident. "The train traffic in this area was suspended," according to an RZD official. He stressed that there were no injured in the incident.
The regional department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations told Itar-Tass that the "report about the Petrovsk-Novopskovsk gas pipeline explosion with following fire came at 22:30, Moscow time on Thursday. The gas supply was shut down immediately." "The explosion occurred 300 metres from the railway tracks at asection between the Duplyatka and Kasarka stations. The rail traffic was stopped, including two trains: Volgograd-Moscow and St.
Petersburg-Volgograd," the ministry officials specified.
There were no immediate reports about casualties. Four tanks of the Novonikolayevsk fire-fighting unit were working at the incident site. A response group of the Emergency Situations Ministry's department for the Volgograd region was dispatched to the scene.
Meanwhile, railwaymen sent a special fire-fighting train to the gas pipeline explosion site. Itar-Tass was told at the Russian Railways Company (RZD) that according to specified information, there was a rupture of the gas pipeline at 22:16, Moscow time, near the Duplyatka station of the Volga Railway 30 metres form the tracks. Gas ignited as a result of the incident. "The train traffic in this area was suspended," according to an RZD official. He stressed that there were no injured in the incident.
