Recall that a gas explosion occurred on the main gas pipeline near the village of Yambakhtino, Vurnarsky district, at about 13:44. It is preliminarily known that there was a gas leak. Before the fire, the operational organization carried out the scheduled repairs here – the Zavolzhsky Linear Directorate of the Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod gas pipelines.
The fire team of the Chuvash Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived at the scene in the amount of 4 units. At 13:50 the section of the gas pipeline was blocked, the fire was extinguished. Gas burning has been removed.