A fire broke out in a gas pipeline in Karakalpakstan

Videos showing a burning gas pipeline were circulated on social networks. As it turned out, this situation happened yesterday, June 4, around 19:00 in the Khojaly district of Karakalpakstan.

According to the information service of the district administration, the fire was caused by a gas leak from the 530-diameter gas pipeline passing through the territory of the "Janga jap" OFY of Khojaly district, supplying gas to the city of Nukus.

In the gas pipeline belonging to "Urgenchtransgaz" company, the gas was stopped and the fire was extinguished. No one was injured in the incident. The exact cause of the fire and the amount of damage have not yet been revealed.

Source: Daryo.uz