“Now there is no threat to the population of nearby villages, so the decision to evacuate the population is not being made by the operational headquarters,” TASS quoted him as saying.

On December 20, a fire broke out in Chuvashia as a result of a gas pipeline leak.

The breakthrough occurred during repair work on the section of the main underground gas pipeline Urengoy - Pomary - Uzhgorod with a diameter of 1420 mm.

Three people died as a result of the fire.

After a fire on a gas pipeline in Chuvashia, a criminal case was initiated.