An oil storage tank caught fire today in the Volna settlement in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Territory bordering Crimea. This was announced by the local authorities, quoted by the official Tass news agency. “According to preliminary information, no deaths or injuries were reported and the fire poses no threat to residents,” according to Governor Veniamin Kondratyev. ANSA Agency They vote in favor of a resolution with explicit reference to the invasion of Ukraine (ANSA) The fire spread over an area of 1,200 square meters during the early hours of the morning in an oil products depot in the Russian district of Temryuk, near the Crimean bridge over the Kerch Strait, which connects mainland Russia with the peninsula unilaterally annexed by Moscow in 2014, RIA Novosti reports, citing district head Fedor Babenkov. Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said that “the fire has been classified at the highest degree of difficulty. Every effort has been made to prevent the fire from spreading further.” REPRODUCTION RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
