An oil storage facility was engulfed in flames in Russia’s Bryansk region, a city 150 km from the border with Ukraine, according to the local governor.
“Storage facilities for petroleum products are on fire in the Surajsky district. Crews of firefighters and rescuers are at the scene,” Alexander Bogomaz said on social networking sites. The governor did not say what may have caused it fire, but clarified that there is no information about any victims. Local media reports that the facility was hit by a drone.
In 4,000 sq.m. the fire
According to Bogomaz, the fire is affecting an area of ​​1,800 square meters and at least 80 people have been mobilized to bring it under control. State news agency Tass later reported, citing rescue services, that the fire has spread to a zone of 4,000 square meters meters reports the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, citing AFP.
In October, an oil storage facility near Belgorod in Russiaalso on the border with Ukraine, had been bombed by Ukrainian forces as well as a thermal power station in the same area, with the latter strike causing significant power outages.
Source: News Beast
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