In the Kharkiv region on the Kiev-Kharkiv highway on the night of October 28, a fire broke out at a gas station. According to the data of the State Emergency Service of the region, at the filling station at about 04:31 a depressurization of the underground tank with gas (volume 18 cubic meters. ), resulting in an explosion, followed by a fire and fire spread to two trucks.

It was possible to liquidate the fire within an hour, but as of 15. 45, insignificant flare burning of the remains of gas condensate from the underground tank was observed at the gas station. There are no casualties or injuries.

On duty at the scene involved 8 people and 2 units. GSChS equipment.

At the gas station WOG told the details of the incident at a gas station near. Paradise-Olenevka of Kholodnogorsk district. It was reported there that a truck driver, a Turkish citizen, lost control of the vehicle and hit a gas distributor. As a result, there was a depressurization of the underground tank with gas (volume 18 cubic meters. m), as a result of which the gas ignited. 2 trucks were hit by fire. Restoration work will be carried out at the station in the near future.

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