MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. An explosion on the gas pipeline, according to verified information, caused the fire raging in the Leningrad Region, the regional government said in a statement on Saturday
"Firefighting and rescue teams are putting out the fire caused by an explosion on a gas pipeline between Berngardovka and Kovalevo. There is no threat to the population and to the spread of the fire to residential areas," the statement said.