(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 20 - Three dead and one injured in an explosion that tore through the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhhorod gas pipeline, which crosses Russia from Ukraine: the Russian media reported.
According to the RiaNovosti news agency, which quotes the regional Emergencies Ministry, the explosion - and a subsequent fire - were caused by a gas leak.
The accident occurred in Russia's Vurnarsky District in the Chuvash Republic, about 680 km east of Moscow.
The victims were employees of the gas company and were working on the pipeline.
(HANDLE).