Watch: What Just Happened in Russia? Massive Fireball Erupts Outside Russia’s Second Largest City
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A massive fireball rose into the Russian sky Saturday after a natural gas pipeline exploded.
The explosion took place in Vsevolozhsk, which is east of St. Petersburg, according to the New York Post. St. Petersburg is Russia’s second-largest city.
Gov. Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the Leningrad Region, offered an explanation for the explosion.
“Firefighters and rescuers extinguish a fire caused by a gas pipeline depressurization between Berngardovka and Kovalevo,” he said on Telegram, according to Fox News.
BREAKING: Powerful explosion near St. Petersburg, Russia. According to initial reports incident occurred on section of a gas pipeline pic.twitter.com/lWBHMHUxLq