Oil depot on fire in Russia’s Rostov region following drone attack

In Rostov region in the south of Russia, in the early hours of Saturday, July 13, an oil depot went ablaze as local authorities claim it was a result of an attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle.

This was reported by the Russian Service of the BBC, Ukrinform saw.

According to Governor Vasiliy Golubev, the blaze broke out at an oil depot in the Tsimlyan district of Rostov region at around 4:00 as a result of a UAV attack. At that time, the fire spread across 200 square meters.

A fire train is involved in putting out the flames.

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According to tentative reports, no casualties were sufferred.

Telegram channel Mash notes that "debris of the downed drone fell on the enterprise premises where AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline and diesel fuel are stored."

As Ukrinform reported earlier, in Russia’s Krasnodar Territory, two oil depots caught fire in the early hours of July 6 after a drone attack. A mobile communications tower was also damaged.