No victims in gas pipe blast and fire in Lugansk

There were no victims or casualties in the gas pipe blast and blaze in Lugansk today, the Ministry of Emergencies said.

"There were no casualties or victims," the report reads.

In the night of June 18, a medium-pressure gas pipe of 425 mm diameter exploded, causing a large blaze under an overpass located near the May 1 Park in western Lugansk.

Twenty houses and 21 public buildings were briefly left without gas supply.

A massive explosion hit a gas distribution station in eastern Lugansk on February 15, the flame height reached 20 metres Repairs were concluded the next day.

In January, a gas main was blasted near the Glafirovka village, Lutugino district. The sabotage left some 13,000 customers and key infrastructure facilities including schools, medical centres and boiler houses without gas. Repairs were completed in the evening of the same day.*t