In Stavropol, traffic restrictions were introduced on the highway in the Novoaleksandrovsky district

A temporary traffic restriction was introduced on the highway in the Novoaleksandrovsky district of Stavropol. This was announced on Friday, March 21, by the press service of the regional State Traffic Inspectorate.

"The reason for the restrictions was the ongoing measures to eliminate the ignition of an oil depot near the village of Kavkazskaya in the Krasnodar Territory," the service said in a message on its Telegram channel.

A detour of this section is possible along alternative routes of the highways: Novoalexandrovsk — Grigoropolisskaya — Armavir and Novoalexandrovsk — Gorkovsky — Sturm.

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The fire at the oil depot became known on March 19. The fire occurred as a result of falling debris from a drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the fire was assigned the fourth rank of complexity. The company's shift workers were evacuated. Later it was clarified that the specialists were fighting the fire on an area of 4250 square meters. m.