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Fire breaks out at gas pipeline in occupied Donetsk Oblast

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A massive fire broke out at a gas pipeline in Kuteinykove in occupied Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 14, according to local Telegram channels cited by Ukrainska Pravda.

Kuteinykove is an occupied town near Ilovaisk, southeast of the city of Donetsk.

Witnesses said a road was shut down due to the flames.

The cause of the fire remains unclear.

No casualties have been reported at the time of this writing.

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Abbey Fenbert is a senior news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She is a freelance writer, editor, and playwright with an MFA from Boston University. Abbey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine from 2008-2011.

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