Reinforced concrete power transmission line supportsPhoto:Press service archivesThe accident occurred in the morning in Biryulevo-Zapadnoye. The initial version, according to which the cause of the collapse of the support, located in the immediate vicinity of the Moscow Ring Road, was a collision with it of a fuel tanker that lost control, turned out to be disinformation. The Moscow mayor's office reported that the information about the fuel tanker crashing into the power transmission line support is not true. First of all, this version is untenable because none of the supports damaged in the morning are within reach of vehicles and there is no way the truck could have crashed into them. The support near the Moscow Ring Road folded in half without the participation of outside forces, under the weight of ice. The same thing happened to five more similar structures on a section of approximately 1.5 km. This was enough not only to cut off power to the area, but also to paralyze traffic on the roads, including the neighboring section of the Moscow Ring Road. At about 7:00 a.m. in the Biryulevo-Zapadnoye area, a support collapsed, through which a 110 kV power line from TPP-26 in the Chertanovo area runs. In this case, the road along Podolskikh Kursantov Street in the direction of Varshavskoye Shosse was closed. In total, five power line supports collapsed on a section of approximately 1.5 km. There was one reason - severe icing. The metal could not withstand, and the supports leaned, "Interfax reported." Deputy Mayor of the capital for housing and public utilities and improvement Petr Biryukov. At the moment, electricity is supplied to the area de-energized due to the accident using a backup scheme, and power engineers are trying to restore damaged structures. Let us recall that since last weekend . In addition, Moscow and neighboring regions suffered.
