An oil depot is on fire in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation

28 August, 2024 A fire at an oil depot in the Rostov region on August 28, 2024. Freeze frame from the video of the Telegram channel This is Rostov News An oil depot is on fire in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation near the village of Molodezhny.

Baza reported on this. According to their information, the fire was recorded after the strike of two drones. The Telegram channel Mash writes that the oil depot was attacked around 3 a.m. today, August 28, 2024.

Vasily Golubev, governor of the Rostov region, has already stated that four drones were shot down at the same time.

A fire at an oil depot in the Rostov region on August 28, 2024. Freeze frame from the video of the Telegram channel This is Rostov News

The local Telegram channel This is Rostov News reported that several fuel tanks had caught fire, causing a large fire. There has been no information from the Ukrainian Defense Forces about the fire as a result of their strike.

As of the morning, the fire was not extinguished. Also in the Rostov region, an oil depot in the city of Proletarsk has been burning for weeks, after an attack on it in the early morning hours of August 18, 2024. According to official information, drones attacked diesel fuel tanks.

The governor then said that debris had fallen on the oil depot, causing the fire. Despite the involvement of firefighters and the arrival of a fire train, the fire was not localized and the fire area grew.

We remind you that the Proletarsk oil depot was already attacked by drone strikes in May, but the consequences were minor.