Russians Still Cannot Extinguish Fire At Orel Oil Depot

• 12.03.2024, 13:52

There was a large-scale leak of petroleum products.

In the Russian city of Orel, a strong fire continues at an oil depot, which was blown up during a UAV attack at night.

According to local authorities, the fire area is more than 100 square meters. The city is located 160 km northeast of the Ukrainian border.

It has been previously established that the oil storage facilities were attacked by drones, which blew up fuel tanks.

Eyewitnesses filmed the large fire on a mobile phone camera.

Ukrainian journalist Denys Kazansky published the footage on his Telegram channel.

There was a leak of petroleum products

A leak of petroleum products occurred at an oil depot in the Russian Orel after a drone attack on the night of Tuesday, March 12.

This was reported by the Russian Telegram channel Astra.

According to the Telegram channel, as a result of a UAV attack at the Orelnefteprodukt enterprise, a 2,000 cubic meter tank in which 150 tons of gasoline was stored was damaged.

After the fall of the second drone, which, according to Astra, occurred an hour and a half later, two production buildings on the territory of the enterprise were damaged.

Fire brigades are working at the scene, but they are unable to put out the fire.