On the territory of the oil depot there are 74 tanks, each with a capacity of 5000 cubic meters. m. Drones attacked the facility on August 18.
A fire at an oil depot in Proletarsk, Rostov region of the Russian Federation, which started after a strike by Ukrainian drones, continued for the eighth day in a row. Several media outlets are simultaneously reporting this.
In particular, local telegram channels published photos showing columns of smoke in the area of the oil depot.
In addition, Radio Liberty posted a satellite image of the base engulfed in smoke.
There is no official information about extinguishing the fire at the oil depot in Proletarsk.
An oil depot near the city of Proletarsk, located about 165 km southeast of Rostov-on-Don, caught fire early on Sunday morning, August 18.
As the governor of the region Vasily Golubev reported on his telegram channel, the fire was caused by the debris of drones shot down by air defense that fell into a diesel fuel storage facility.
As the head of Proletarsky district Valery Gornich said, on the territory of the oil depot there are 74 tanks, each with a capacity of 5,000 cubic meters. m.
As already written, in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, an oil depot continues to burn, which broke out as a result of a UAV attack. The videos are published by local media and TG channels.
We previously wrote that an explosion occurred at an oil depot in the city of Proletarsk in the Rostov region.
Source: korrespondent
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