According to Lithuanian media, recently in the 36th km north of Vilnius, in the Shirvintu (Širvintų) area, a section of the gas pipeline 'Minsk-Vilnius-Riga-Panevezys' exploded. Flame of explosion went up a hundred meters into the sky, it was visible within a radius of several kilometers, and even from Vilnius. It took two hours to extinguish the fire in the forest, and anti-terrorist unit arrived at the scene of the explosion.