A high-pressure gas trunkline near the village of Chabany just outside Kyiv depressurized overnight Tuesday, according to the State Emergencies Service,
The agency has reported no casualties as a result of the accident.
Depressurization of the 1020mm-wide pipe caused major stir in the surrounding neighborhoods as people took to social networks, terrified by a low-pitch and "very loud" sound before they learned about its cause.
People heard a loud humming and then a blast. A Ukrainian pop singer Gaitana Essami who resides in the area was asking on Facebook if anyone was aware of the source of the worrying sound: "Before the blast, it seemed like a plane was falling. Does anyone know or heard anything?"
"It sounds like thousand jet fighters," a local resident Anatoliy Tushcchenko wrote on Facebook, complaining of the slow response by and lack of information from the emergency services.
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The State Emergency Service said the pipe burst open at 00:15 before gas supplies were cut off at 01:10.
The Ministry of Energy in a statement said gas transit to Europe has not been interrupted.