Incident At Gas Storage Near Brest

(updated) According to preliminary data, a gas burst has taken place there.

Brest activist of the European Belarus civil campaign Andrei Sharenda has informed Charter97.org about it :

- By the look of things, there has been an incident at the Pryhubski gas storage (Kamianets district, Brest region).

According to preliminary data, there was a gas burst .

Several dozen fire engines were pulled in.

Since the construction of the storage facilities, the local population has been mentally bracing for the worst, because the gas has been pumped into the pore space under the ground.

The cars are not allowed to enter the storage area," - the activist says.