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Heavy smoke emerged in tunnel between Moscow metro’s stations

People are not evacuated yet

MOSCOW, December 04. /ITAR-TASS/. Heavy smoke has enveloped the tunnel between the metro stations Tulskaya and Serpukhovskaya of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya grey line of the Moscow metro, Itar-Tass reported from the accident site on Wednesday.

A short circuit triggered heavy smoke in the tunnel between metro stations Tulskaya and Serpukhovskaya of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya grey metro line, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations main department in Moscow told Itar-Tass.

“The short circuit triggered a fire and a smoke. The fire was put out before the arrival of firemen,” the press service reported.

This accident did not affect the metro train traffic. “The trains are running according the schedule,” the press service explained.