A fire occurred at an oil depot in Feodosia due to welding work.

A fire broke out at an oil depot in Crimean Feodosia. Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of Crimea, announced this on September 29 in his Telegram channel.

According to him, the incident was caused by a violation of welding technology, as a result of which the remnants of fuel oil in one of the old tanks caught fire.

"The remnants of fuel oil are burning in one of the old tanks," Kryuchkov wrote on his Tlegram channel.

Emergency Situations Ministry crews are working at the scene. Kryuchkov clarified that the oil depot in Feodosia does not supply fuel and lubricants to gas stations in Crimea.

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On September 9, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Governor of the Belgorod Region, announced the complete elimination of a fire at an oil depot in the village of Prokhorovka. However, he did not report a fire. According to the governor, the tanks were damaged as a result of the attack, but there were no casualties.

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