An oil depot has burned down in the Bryansk region, southwest of Moscow, as reported by the press service of the General Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, as reported by the TASS news agency.
“At 0200 hours, the operational shift of the main directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Bryansk Region received a message about a fire in the Fokinsky district, on Moskovsky Avenue,” he said.
As reported by the Interfax news agency, rescue teams have been sent to the scene of the fire. The Russian Ministry of Emergencies has also said that “more information is being confirmed”.
As several Russian media reports, residents of Bryansk have first reported several explosions in the area and, subsequently, a fire in the area of the oil depot in this Russian city.
“A fire broke out at the Transneft Bryansk-Druzhba fuel tank in Bryansk,” a city located 150 km from the Ukrainian border, the emergency ministry quoted by Russian news agencies reported.
“According to the first reports, there are no casualties,” added the source, who did not indicate the causes of the fire.
Rescue and fire services personnel were sent to the scene of the fire, he added.
The images released by the Russian media showed a fire that lit the night in Bryansk red and a thick column of smoke.
The Interfax news agency indicated that a second fuel tank was on fire in the same area, but the information could not be confirmed at this time.
The city of Bryansk, about 150 km from the Ukrainian border, has been used for more than two months as a logistics base for the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
The Russian regime accuses Ukrainian forces of carrying out attacks on Russian territory, including one in April against a locality in the Bryansk region.
In early April, the governor of the Belgorod region, also bordering Russia, claimed that Ukrainian helicopters had fired at a fuel tank. None of these allegations have been proven.
(With information from Europa Press and AFP)
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