NALCHIK, June 4 (Itar-Tass) -- The gas leakage from the pipeline near Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, was stopped at 04:50 Moscow time on Friday, a Kabbalkgaz company source told Itar-Tass. Gas supply to the city was not halted. Gas is supplied through other two lines, the source added. The high-pressure section of the gas main to Nalchik is located outside the city, in a field near the Shalushka River. There was no threat to the population. The supply through the main was blocked from Georgiyevsk, the Stavropol Territory. The pipe that crosses the river was damaged at about 01:00 on the night. Specialists work there to establish the cause. According to the preliminary information of the republic's law enforcement authorities, the pipe may have been blown up. Fortunately, there was no blaze. Nobody was hurt. According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s department in the republic, it was 200-mm pipeline to the residential site of Nalchik-20. Emergencies ministry specialists and police arrived at the site.
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