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The Prefect of Vrancea County, Nicusor Halici, said on Thursday, at the construction site of the A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) in Calimanesti, where an explosion occurred at the gas main line during the night, that the depth at which the pipeline was located would not have been the appropriate, at least 1.8 meters.
In the night from Wednesday to Thursday, there was an explosion, followed by a fire, at a gas main line from Calimanesti. The fire was extinguished around 05:20.
Four people were found charred, and five others were injured, two men aged 61 and 53, who had burns on 65 and 40% of their bodies, respectively, were taken by helicopter and transferred to medical units in Bucharest. The victims were working on the construction site of the A7 Moldavia Motorway.
According to ISU Vrancea, the explosion at the gas main line in Calimanesti was caused by the execution of works on the construction site of the A7 Moldavia Motorway.
