Posted on 01/13/2023 3:36:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
A large blast has hit a gas pipeline in the Pasvalys region of northern Lithuania, near the Latvian border.
Images broadcast by local media showed flames illuminating the night sky, but officials say there have been no injuries caused by the explosion.
Latvia's Defence Minster Artis Pabriks wrote on Twitter that the cause of the incident would be investigated and said sabotage could not be ruled out.
But the pipeline's operator said it did not believe the blast was suspicious.
"According to the initial assessment, we do not see any malign cause, but the investigation will cover all possible options," Amber Grid chief executive Nemunas Biknius told reporters. "We do not see the signs of any potential impact from outside."
Mr Biknius said the pipeline - which was built in 1978 - had undergone some recent maintenance work, and that officials would try to establish whether that had contributed to the blast.
"All reasons will be investigated and clarified in the coming days," Mr Biknius said.
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A “Hold my vodka and watch this” moment?
Sometimes it actually is just an accident.
A popped rivet, a tear that worked its way open from unrelenting pressure, a frost heave twisting a critical the pipe support....
A CIA agent with a backpack filled with C4, a Russian with the same... Or MI6, Mossad, Revolutionary Guard, Kuomintang, Canadian Mounty...
The truth is probably in Biden's garage, next to the Corvette...
;^)
Damn, Biden’s giving Vette’s a bad name...
I’d keep my eye on those Latvian Orthodox, what with their Kavorka and all.
Don’t they have Dig-Safe? It’s the law.
“The pipeline is used by Amber Grid - Lithuania’s national gas company - to transfer gas into the north of the country and to supply neighbouring Latvia...Consumers in the area are being supplied by an alternate pipeline.”
God forbid a nuke hitting Davos this week. snicker
lmao
Clearly Trump’s fault...
“ A CIA agent with a backpack filled with C4, a Russian with the same... Or MI6, Mossad, Revolutionary Guard, Kuomintang, Canadian Mounty...”
Girl Scout, Donald Trump, Putin’s mistress.
“God forbid a nuke hitting Davos this week. snicker”
Not on innocent people. Just on the WEF meeting. :)
45 year old pipeline. Have they ever run a pig through it to measure wall thickness? This is very cold country.(embrittlement). Proper metallurgy?
If it is untreated (wet) gas there will be corrosion problems after 45 years of operation.
It would seem a gas line could leak without exploding? Ivan just has to watch where he throws a hot butt?
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