Overview
- Local authorities reported late Tuesday that three explosions hit a trunk gas pipeline and the Metan gas-distribution station near the city of Kizilyurt.
- Acting head Fedor Shchukin said there were no injuries and more than 100 nearby residents were evacuated as emergency crews responded.
- The Kizilyurt administration said the fire occurred on a pipeline section between Gelbakh and Bavtugay and that gas flow has been cut while residual gas is burning out in the pipe.
- Emergency teams remain on site to contain the blaze and manage controlled burn-off, and local officials warn that gas service to Kizilyurt and nearby villages may be suspended in the short term.
- Authorities have not given a cause for the explosions and have opened an investigation into the incident involving critical North Caucasus gas infrastructure.