“So far, gas distribution stations (GDS) Russian Diesel, Romanovka, Vostochnaya, Nevskaya Dubrovka, Sverdlova have been shut down.

They have already put pressure on the GDS Vsevolozhsk, ”the article on the government’s website says.

It is noted that at the moment, specialists are promptly transferring boiler houses to backup sources to restore heat supply and hot water supply in the homes of residents of the Vsevolozhsk district.

“We expect that part of the residential buildings will be connected after 22:00,” said Yuri Andreev, chairman of the committee for the fuel and energy complex of the region.  

Earlier in the Leningrad region, a fire broke out as a result of an explosion on a gas pipeline between Berngardovka and Kovalevo.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia said that open burning on the gas pipeline in the Leningrad region was eliminated.