Fuel is burning: a large-scale fire in the Rostov region after a drone attack

Fuel is burning: a large-scale fire in the Rostov region after a drone attack Anzhelika Baibak

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Powerful explosions thundered in the Rostov region on the night of August 18. At first, Russians complained about a drone attack, and then – they reported a large-scale fire.

The governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev announced the fire after the drone attack. Interestingly, at first he declared the successful work of the “pe-ve-o”, but later it turned out that it was not so “successful”, reports Channel 24.

A fuel warehouse is burning in the Rostov region

Golubev reported that around one in the morning explosions were heard in the Rostov region. According to him, the Pe-ve-o forces successfully repelled a drone attack in the west of the region. He added that now “the consequences are being clarified.”

Around 06:00 Golubev reported that the south-east of the Rostov region also repelled the UAV attack. However, the work of “pe-ve-o” was not so successful and a large-scale fire broke out.

As a result of debris falling on the territory of industrial warehouses in A diesel fuel fire occurred in Proletarsk. Firefighting units have been involved in extinguishing the fire, Golubev said.

Frames of a large-scale fire are already being published online. They show a thick column of black smoke rising above the city of Proletarskoye, Rostov region, and even tongues of flame. Obviously, the work of the Russian “pe-ve-o” was not so “successful”, and the drones were shot down by an oil depot.

Fire in Proletarsk: watch the video

Subsequently, photographs of the fire appeared on the Internet. The photo shows that the fire broke out at the oil depot, and the fire was large-scale.

Fire at an oil depot in the Rostov region/Photo from the network

Russian telegram channels did not report any casualties. At the same time, they write online that rescuers are trying to put out the fire.