In the city of Engels, Saratov Oblast of the aggressor country russia, the burning continues at the Kombinat Kristal oil depot, which was attacked by Ukrainian drones on January 8. The burning of petroleum products has not stopped for the fifth day.
The governor of the Saratov Oblast, Roman Busargin, reported this on January 12.
"The process of controlled fuel burnout continues. Specialists are taking all necessary measures to eliminate it around the clock," Busargin wrote.
According to him, the area of the fire at the oil depot is allegedly decreasing.
Busargin also assured that on the fifth day of the burning of the oil depot in Engels, no excess concentration of harmful substances in the air was allegedly detected.
The russian Telegram channel "VChK-OGPU" wrote, citing sources, that three tanks were destroyed as a result of the attack. Each could store up to 120,000 cubic meters of fuel.
The channel also claims that six more tanks were damaged. In addition, the tank farm that stored fuel for the military airfield was put out of action.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on the night of January 7-8, Ukrainian drones attacked the Kombinat Kristal oil depot in the city of Engels.
In addition to gasoline and diesel, it stored fuel for the strategic bombers of the russian army, which are based at the Engels-2 airbase.
On the evening of January 8, it became known that due to the intensification of the fire at the Engels oil depot, a state of emergency was introduced.
We also wrote that two employees of the russian Emergencies Ministry died while trying to put out the fire at the Engels oil depot.
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