On Friday morning, a fire broke out at an acetone factory in the Russian town of Gatchina near St. Petersburg, Reuters reported. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that no Ukrainian drones have been detected in the area.
Russian news agencies reported that a factory producing acetone in the Leningrad Oblast, the town of Gatchina, about 40 kilometers from St. Petersburg in Russiaburst into flames on Friday morning.
The fire covered an area of approximately two thousand square meters. There was an acetone leak, Russian media reported. Employees have been evacuated and air samples are being taken throughout the city to determine the concentration of hazardous substances.
Officially, the causes of the fire are unknown, and the prosecutor's office has initiated an investigation. The Uzbek portal “Daryo” reported that “around 6 a.m. there was an explosion, after which huge columns of smoke began to rise over the city.” Experts do not rule out that there was a technical failure. According to the “47news” portal, the fire occurred in the Limpak warehouse.
A factory producing acetone in the Leningrad Oblast in Russia went up in flamesKovalenko/Telegram
Russia 'is trying to hide the real production of factories'
As noted by the Ukrainian Unian agency, fires break out from time to time in some industrial facilities in Russia. At the end of last year”a warehouse containing drone parts burned downwhich the aggressor uses to attack Ukraine,” wrote Unian. She also pointed out that acetone is used in the arms industry.
On Friday, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, commented on the Telegram platform. Ukraine. “Attacks on camouflaged military facilities took place in the Rostov and Leningrad regions of the Russian Federation,” he wrote.
“Russia presents military factories as ordinary, trying to hide their real production. But everything is known” – we can read further in the entry.
Main photo source: Kovalenko/Telegram