“In connection with a fire on the Belousovo-Leningrad high-pressure gas pipeline, the Severnaya CHPP, which provides thermal energy to the northern parts of the Vyborgsky and Kalininsky districts of St. Petersburg, was switched to power from a backup gas pipeline,” the committee’s page on VKontakte says.
It is noted that the rest of the boilers are operating normally.
"The incident did not affect the city's heat supply," the statement said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia announced that open burning on the gas pipeline in the Leningrad region was eliminated.
On November 19, in the Leningrad region, a fire broke out as a result of an explosion on the gas pipeline between Berngardovka and Kovalevo.
Drozdenko said that there is no threat of fire spreading to residential areas for the population.