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A tech malfunction may have caused a powerful gas explosion in Lithuania, according to an official. The head of the nation's natural gas transmission system said on Saturday, Jan.
An explosion occurred on Friday in the gas pipeline between Lithuania and Latvia, while no immediate evidence of the attack was found after an initial assessment. The “investigation will cover all possible options,” said the Lithuanian gas transmission operator Amber Grid. A video posted by the local media shows fire raging at the blast site in northern Lithuania’s Panevezys County, near the Latvian border. However, it has since been put out by the firefighters who immediately arrived on the scene, said the gas company.
LRT, Lithuania’s public broadcaster, reported that there were no injuries from the blast in the center of the country, but that flames shot up 50 meters high.
Officials say an explosion has occurred in a pipeline in central Lithuania carrying natural gas to the north of the country and neighboring Latvia but no supply disruptions or injuries were reported
Open flames up to 50 metres high were seen on the site of a burst gas pipeline in northern Lithuania. A village of aroun...