A ruptured underground heating pipeline in St.
Petersburg flooded streets with boiling water early Tuesday, hurting 3 individuals and leaving dozens of homes without heat.The incident took place at 3:00 a.m.
in the citys southwestern Krasnoselsky district, affecting an area of 2,000 square meters (21,527 square feet), according to the local news site Fontanka.The trembling [from the pipeline burst] shook the floors on the 16th floor.
The radiators went quickly cold.
Theres no hot water its all outdoors, a resident informed the outlet.Footage shared online showed thick clouds of steam rising into the night sky, with one video recording a driver clinging to his car hood to avoid burns.
Its an apocalypse, an eyewitness stated in one video.The burst pipe left a minimum of 29 neighboring homes without heating.
The citys heating grid operator stated that the pipe, which was worn, had actually been slated for repairs next year.Three individuals were hospitalized with foot burns, though physicians said their injuries were not lethal, Fontanka reported.The same pipeline has burst numerous times in current years, including incidents in 2013, 2017 and 2021.
Police authorities said they were checking out the most recent failure of St.
Petersburgs aging heating facilities.