A gas pipeline exploded at a petrochemical plant in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, injuring three people.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, a gas pipeline overhead line "experienced a depressurization followed by a liquefied gas fire." Videos published by the media captured a powerful explosion.
Firefighters are extinguishing the "flare fire." Three victims have been hospitalized in intensive care in serious and extremely serious condition.
Telegram channels report that the pipeline was purged this morning.

