The explosion broke the high pressure, 1-meter diameter pipe near the town of Chabany, just outside the Kyiv city line, about 5 km beyond the Teremky terminus of the Metro’s Blue Line

The explosion broke the high pressure, 1-meter diameter pipe near the town of Chabany, just outside the Kyiv city line, about 5 km beyond the Teremky terminus of the Metro’s Blue Line. Although large volumes of gas were pumped into the air, town officials say no one was injured. Police are investigating the cause of the explosion. The main pipe across Ukraine, part of the Bratstvo or Brotherhood system, was built 30 years ago.