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Because of the accident on the product pipeline, the Ob River is burning

Added	Sun, 07/03/2021
Источники	gismeteo.ru youtube.com
Дата публикации	Sun, 07/03/2021
Версии	Software mode or fault A chemical reaction

On Saturday, March 6, the Ob River literally caught fire — the flames began to break right through the ice. The incident was reported by local residents.

According to "RBC", the cause of the fire was an accident on the product pipeline of the company "Sibur".

"On March 6, at the underwater crossing of the Ob River of the Nizhnevartovsk Gas Processing Plant — Yuzhno-Balyksky Gas Processing Plant, a wide fraction of light hydrocarbons was passed through, followed by a short — term fire, "Siburtyumengaz quotes a representative of the company.

According to TASS, the fire area was 1000 square meters.