On the night of May 3, in the village of Volna, Temryuk district, Krasnodar Territory (a few kilometers from the Crimean Bridge), a tank with petroleum products, located near the port, caught fire. According to the head of the region, Veniamin Kondratiev, there were no deaths or injuries.
The tank is part of the Tamansky transshipment complex for oil, petroleum products and LPG, the operator of the facility is JSC Tamanneftegaz.
Fire was assigned the highest difficulty level. The special services are doing everything possible to prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding area. According to the head of the Temryuk district, Fedor Babenkov, the fire area reached 1.2 thousand square meters. meters. 85 firefighters and 23 machines are involved in the destruction of the flame.
The volume of the tank with ignited fuel is 20,000 cubic meters. meters. The tank cover was on fire.
Along with this, local residents report explosions that precede the fire. According to one version, the attack on an unmanned aerial vehicle became the cause of the incident. This information is confirmed by sources within the emergency services.
A few days earlier, an enemy drone had attacked an oil products base in the Cossack Bay of Sevastopol. Four tanks were damaged, the fire area reached 1,000 square meters. meters. The fire was extinguished within hours.
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