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The Russians lost control. Explosion and the third day of the fire

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Fire in the Ilski refinery in the Krasnodar country (archival video)

Source: Beniamin Kondratiew/Telegram

On the night of Thursday to Friday, there was an explosion in the composition of oil in the Krasnodar country in the south of Russia. The composition is burning for the third day, the fire is getting bigger – Moscow Times said on Friday, citing the information of local authorities. Two firefighters were injured.

On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 19, Ukrainian drones attacked the city of Kropotkin in the Krasnodar country in the south Russia. As a result of the attack, a crude oil composition was fire located below the city.

While extinguishing the fire, the decompression of the burning tank caused the outbreak of oil products and the leakage of burning oil. As a result, three devices were damaged – reports the Ukrainian portal censor.net, citing the statement of local authorities. As added, two firefighters were injured in the event.

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As a result of the explosion that occurred from Thursday to Friday at night, the fire spread to the next tank, and the fire surface increased to 10,000 square meters (one hectare). The fire initially covered only 20 square meters.

“Two tanks are burning at the moment,” said the operational staff on Friday morning.

456 firefighters and 181 equipment units take part in the fire.

The base is part of the Caucasian station, which allows oil reloading from railway tanks to the Consortium Pipeline Pipeline system (CPC). Up to six million tons of crude oil, the portal donated. Fuel is delivered to the nearby terminal located nearby, from where it is exported by sea.