The fire area at an oil depot in the Krasnodar Territory was reduced to 2 thousand square meters. m

The fire area at an oil depot in the Kavkazsky district of the Krasnodar Territory on the morning of March 21 decreased to 2 thousand square meters. m. This was reported by the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the region.

"By the morning, the fire area after the overnight explosion at a burning oil depot in the Kavkazsky district was reduced to 2 thousand square meters.m. Now one of the tanks is burning and collapsing. Gorenje. The second tank has completely burned out," the ministry said in a message on its Telegram channel.

It is noted that the work on localization and elimination of the fire continues, 456 people and 181 pieces of equipment are working on the site.

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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.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a deliberate drone attack on an energy facility in the village of Kavkazskaya in the Krasnodar Territory. According to the department, with this attack, the Kiev regime tried to disrupt the peace initiatives of US President Donald Trump in his negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.