Thanks to the timely measures taken by the Police, no one was hurt in the accident.
The MIA Division for the city of Novocheboksarsk received a message about a fire on a tanker that was unloading fuel at a petrol station. Traffic Police crews were sent to the scene. They blocked the traffic at the entrance to the gas station, and organized a free passage to the scene for specialized fire fighting machines.
The fire was extinguished, there were no victims. Aside from the fuel tanker, the fire damaged a a car, that was at the gas station. Causes of the accident are investigated.
MIA Press-Service for the Chuvash Republic
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