Large fire erupts at oil depot in occupied Crimea's Feodosia at site of previous Ukrainian strike.
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being update. A large fire erupted at an oil depot terminal in Russian-occupied Feodosia lateat night on Oct.
10 at the site of a previous Ukrainian drone strike, where another blaze has been burning for four days, local media reported. According to the telegram channel Crimean Wind, the "intense" fire, which broke out around 9 p.m. local time, was large enough to be visible from within all neighborhoods of the city.
Videos of the fire circulating on social media show a large explosion engulf the night sky with flames billowing a few dozen meters into the sky. The fire occurred at the site of another ongoing oil depot fire at the Marine Oil Terminal in Feodosia which was caused by a Ukrainian missile strike on Oct.
7.
A large fire erupts at an oil depot at the Marine Oil Terminal in the city of Feodosia in occupied Crimea on Oct.10, 2024 at the site of a previous Ukrainian missile strike. (Crimean Wind/Telegram)
The cause of the latest fire is unclear, and Ukraine has not yet commented on situation. Local authorities confirmed the incident, adding that there has been the release of unspecified "flammable materials" at the site of one of the fires.
As of Oct.
10, 1,137 people had been evacuated from the area, said Igor Tkachenko, the Russian-installed proxy head of Feodosia. The Russian-installed governor claimed that no additional evacuations were being conducted following the latest fire. The Kyiv Independent cannot verify the claims by the Russian officials.
The Feodosia terminal is the largest in Crimea for handling oil products, with only one other terminal of its kind located in Sevastopol. The terminal was previously targeted by Ukrainian drones in March 2024 when four drones struck the depot, damaging the main fuel pipeline and causing a fire, which took over an hour to extinguish. In recent months, Ukrainian forces have launched a series of drone strikes aimed at damaging Russia's oil industry, whose profits fuel Moscow's war efforts.
Oil depot in occupied Crimea's Feodosia burning for 4th day after Ukraine's strike
Russian emergency services were unable to extinguish a fire for the fourth day after it erupted at an oil depot in Russia-occupied Feodosia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Crimean service reported on Oct.
10.
