A pipeline exploded near Kharkov: a huge column of flame, melting asphalt

«Country»: a pipeline exploded in the Kharkov region

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A pipeline exploded in the Kharkov region, a huge column of smoke rises above the ground. Videos of the fire are published by local publics, writes the Ukrainian publication “Strana” on the evening of April 18.

Eyewitnesses say that asphalt is melting within a radius of 40 meters, a column of flame is about 70 meters.

The cause of the accident was on currently unknown. There are also no other details of the incident yet.

Earlier, the mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, admitted that real panic had begun in the city and appealed to local residents.