A powerful blast ripped the air on Sunday near the village of Skra, Gori district, in eastern Georgia. As a result, three tank-cars with oil of a rail train, heading from Tbilisi for western Georgia, caught fire, Itar-Tass quoted Tbilisi-based TV companies as reporting in a live telecast. According to a preliminary version, the blast took place near the railway on a hill, and then the flames leaped to this section of the railway. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties as a result of the explosion. The engine driver had time to decouple the rest of the train from the three flaming tank-cars. The blast and the fire took place two kilometers from the village of Skra, and there is no danger that the fire will spread to dwelling houses. Fire fighters and law enforcers are working at the place of the incident. Skra is located ten kilometers west of Gori and 75 kilometers west of Tbilisi.
