Deflagrația a fost raportată în jurul orei locale 17.00, în satul Pasvalio Vienkiemiai, din districtul Pasvalys.
Flăcări de până la 50 de metri înălțime au fost observate de la o distanță de 17 kilometri, iar autoritățile au decis evacuarea satului aflat în apropiere, Valakėliai, care are aproximativ 250 de locuitori.
„Satul se află la aproximativ 500-700 de metri de conducta de gaz, nu e panică, sunt pompieri care stau în așteptare și se asigură că clădirile nu iau foc. Cred că situația va fi sub control”, a declarat Sigitas Šležas, membru al comunității locale, pentru agenția de știri baltică BNS.
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The explosion occurred at a gas pipeline connecting Lithuania with Latvia, writes Reuters. There were no dead or injured.
The operator of Amber Grid reported that the accident is not qualified as an attack. pic.twitter.com/FwLq2RmkGc
„Au fost niște sunete neașteptate, parcă avioanele zburau undeva la joasă înălțime – o conductă de gaz de înaltă presiune a explodat la marginea localității Valakėliai, pe drumul Pasvalys-Șiauliai, la câțiva kilometri de Pasvalys. Flăcările se ridicau la mare altitudine”, a descris incidentul primarul districtului Pasvalys, Gintautas Gegužinskas, într-o declarație pentru LRT.
„Nu există case în apropiere. (…) nu există niciun pericol imediat pentru bunuri. Serviciile speciale lucrează, traficul este suspendat temporar”, a adăugat oficialul local.
Cauzele exploziei sunt în curs de investigare, a precizat un purtător de cuvânt al Amber Grid, principalul operator de transport de gaze naturale din Lituania.
„Transportul de gaz prin conducta avariată a fost oprit imediat, dar consumatorii din districtul Pasvalys sunt deja aprovizionați cu gaz prin conducta adiacentă”, a mai transmis operatorul.
Conducta afectată furnizează gaze în partea de nord a Lituaniei, dar și către Letonia. Povilas Balčiūnas, directorul administrației municipalității districtului Pasvalys, a declarat pentru LRT TV că incidentul ar putea provoca întreruperi în aprovizionarea cu gaz în ambele țări.
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