“As a result of the incident, gas supplies to the villages of Khasanya and Belaya Rechka, as well as Atazhukina, Moskovskaya and Vatutina streets in Nalchik, were cut off. In total, 5.5 thousand subscribers fell under disconnection, ”RIA Novosti reports the message of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies in Kabardino-Balkaria.

It is noted that socially significant objects with round-the-clock people staying were not included in the shutdown.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on the elimination of the accident on the gas pipeline, due to which more than 7 thousand people were left without gas supply in the Ketchenerovsky district of the Republic of Kalmykia.