An electrical substation caught fire at a railway station in Buryatia

An electrical substation caught fire at a railway station in the Zaigraevsky district of the Republic of Buryatia. This was announced on Tuesday, July 8, by the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

"The central fire communication point received a message about a fire at the head substation (27,500 watts) at the Novoilinskaya railway station," the department's Telegram channel said.

The substation is currently de-energized. Experts started extinguishing the fire. In addition, a fire train from the city of Ulan-Ude is heading to the fire site.

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