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TASS: at least three gas pipeline explosions occurred in Lugansk on Saturday night

The gas pipeline in Luhansk was blown up on Saturday night in at least three places. This is reported by TASS with reference to sources in the power structures of the Luhansk People's Republic.

“There were at least three explosions. On Frunze Street in the Malaya Vergunka area, the gas pipeline was blown up in two places. About half an hour later, an explosion occurred on Veselogorovskaya Street in the Kamennobrodsky district, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.

Earlier, the press service of Luganskgaz confirmed that there really were two explosions in the city, and called them a diversion.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR managed to eliminate the fire as soon as possible. Emergency services and law enforcement officials are at the scene of the incident. The causes of the explosion are being investigated.

On the night of February 19, a powerful explosion occurred at the Druzhba gas pipeline in Lugansk, and a second explosion occurred some time later. Emergency teams left for the area of ​​the gas pipeline in Malaya Vergunka after calls about a fire.

Earlier, a powerful explosion thundered a few tens of meters from the building of the DPR government building in the center of Donetsk. The blast wave was heard by the whole city.

TASS: at least three gas pipeline explosions occurred in Lugansk on Saturday night