Razvozzhaev announced the localization of the fire at the oil depot in Sevastopol

The fire in Sevastopol, which started on Saturday morning due to a drone hitting a fuel tank, has been localized? said Governor Mikhail Razvozzhaev. According to him, four tanks were damaged during the attack, the rest were isolated.

“Understood, a fire of high complexity, burning of oil products. Approximate, estimated extinguishing time – today 18:00, – said governor (TASS quote).

The fire at the oil depot will not affect the situation with the supply of fuel to the city, informed earlier in his Telegram channel the governor.

“The fire will not affect the fuel supply situation in Sevastopol. These reserves were not used to supply fuel to gas stations,” the governor wrote.

He added that in the Kazachya Bay microdistrict, where happened fire, Rospotrebnadzor began to measure the MPC, the results of the authorities will be reported later.

Earlier, Razvozzhaev said that the fire in Sevastopol occurred as a result of a drone hit, the fire area was about 1000 square meters. m. The governor went to the scene and said that 18 fire brigades, 60 people are also working there, and the arrival of a fire train is expected, since “the volume of fuel is large.”

According to him, as a result of the fire, no one was injured, and nothing threatens civilian objects.

“Our firefighters are heroes. They act quickly and coherently. The fire is difficult, as rank 4 already wrote, but our firefighters cope with everything, but there are still many hours of work, ”said the head of Sevastopol.

Since the beginning of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, Crimea and other border regions have been repeatedly attacked by Ukraine. Now in the Crimea, Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions, a high (“yellow”) level of terrorist danger is indefinitely.

In addition, since October 19, 2022, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, a medium level of response has been set in eight regions. Among them are Crimea, Sevastopol, Krasnodar Territory, Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh, Bryansk and Rostov regions. In the new regions of the Russian Federation – the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions – martial law has been introduced.