Oil depot in Russia’s Engels remains ablaze for fifth day after drone attack
Pravda Ukraine
Authorities in Russia’s Saratov Oblast have claimed that a fuel fire at the Engels oil depot has been brought under control on the fifth day following a drone attack.
Source: Current Time TV, a Russian-language Radio Liberty project
Details: The fire at the oil depot, which Russian firefighters have been battling for five days, was caused by a drone strike. A state of emergency has been declared in the city of Engels, where the facility is located.
Two Russian firefighters died and another was taken to hospital during the firefighting activities.
Saratov Oblast Governor Roman Busargin claims that “the amount of smoke, as well as the area of the fire, is decreasing”.
Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed that 11 drones had been shot down over Saratov Oblast on the night of 7-8 January. Local authorities claimed that wreckage from a UAV had fallen on an “industrial facility”, sparking a fire.
Russian news outlet Astra reported that a fire had started at the Kombinat Kristal oil depot belonging to Russia’s Federal Agency for State Reserves. The facility is a federal government agency responsible for storing fuel for the Engels-2 military airbase. This information was later confirmed by Ukraine’s General Staff.
Background: On the night of 7-8 January, Ukrainian forces struck the Kombinat Kristal oil storage base in Engels. Numerous explosions occurred in the target area and a large-scale fire broke out.
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