Gas pipeline damaged in Crimea, Russian authorities call it an act of sabotage
A gas pipeline was damaged in the Crimea on Tuesday evening, RBC news agency reports.
According to RBC agency, the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee stated they were looking into possible act sabotage.
As reported by the agency, the gas distribution station near Crimean city of Alushta experienced a drop in the gas pressure on Tuesday evening, October 31. At the same time the power supply to the city was disrupted due to a collapse of a power line support pylon. According to the witness accounts, a loud explosion was heard in the area before power supply was disrupted.
As a result of the 1.2 thousand local residents were left without gas, RBC reports citing it sources in the Crimean authorities people without gas. The repair work was carried out to restore the power supply to the city.
Another section of the gas pipeline near the village of Zaprudne was also damaged, RIA Novosti reports citing the head of Crimean gas distributing company. "This is a medium-pressure 270-mm gas pipeline. The nature of damage suggests that it could also be an act of sabotage," said Sergei Tarasov, the head of the gas distribution company.