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Post by sevenofnine on Jan 14, 2023 12:51:51 GMT -5
This was breaking last night A gas pipeline has exploded in Lithuania, according to officials, as the country marks a historic day in its struggle for independence from the USSR. LRT, Lithuania's public broadcaster, reported that there were no injuries from the blast in the centre of the country, but that flames shot up 50 metres high. Some 250 people from a nearby village were being evacuated from the village of Pasvalio Vienkiemiai, after the explosion at around 17:00 local time in the District of Pasvalys. Authorities said this was a precautionary measure. Today, Lithuania marks the Day of Freedom Defenders to honour those who were killed by Soviet troops on 13 January 1991 in the capital Vi www.euronews.com/2023/01/13/gas-pipeline-explodes-in-lithuania-on-day-marking-independence-struggle-from-ussr
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