Heating System Outage in Tuvan Capital Partially Repaired

Heating service has resumed in Kyzyl, the capital of the Russian republic of Tuva, after partial repairs to the city's heating system following an accident on Sunday that left 110,000 homes without heat, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said. The current temperature in Kyzyl is minus 37 degrees Celsius, the ministry said. "The pipes that burst have been welded together again, and two of the three pumps that were stopped have been launched again. The third pump will be launched by Monday morning, All the hot water mains throughout the city are now being checked," a ministry spokesman told Interfax.