Fire at a Russian oil depot: 4 tanks still burning, people evacuated from nearby buildings

Fire at a Russian oil depot: 4 tanks still burning, people evacuated from nearby buildings

Kyiv  •  UNN

January 19 2024, 10:08 AM • 25630 views

Four tanks are burning at an oil depot in the town of Klinsk, Bryansk region, Russia, and the fire is classified as a high level of complexity. Residents of the surrounding areas have been evacuated.

Four tanks with oil products are burning at the oil depot in Klinets, Bryansk region of Russia, and the fire has been assigned an increased level of complexity, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said, UNN reports

Four tanks with oil products are burning in the wedges. The fire is assigned an increased complexity rating. Special firefighting equipment is used to extinguish the oil products, and a fire train is engaged 

- the governor wrote in Telegram. 

Due to the fire, 32 residents of the private sector were evacuated from nearby houses. 

Rospotrebnadzor specialists monitor the maximum permissible concentrations of harmful substances in the air.

Previously 

It was reported that a fire broke out at the oil depot in Klintsy in the Bryansk region of Russia after a drone attack.