"The prosecutor's office of the Nizhnevartovsk region organized an inspection on the fact of a gas pipeline accident ... The circumstances that led to the violation of environmental legislation will be established, and the damage caused to the environment will be calculated," RIA Novosti reports.

In addition, the prosecutor's office intends to take measures "aimed at compensation for harm", as well as "bringing the perpetrators to the responsibility established by law."

Earlier it became known about the localization of the emergency.