Smoke from a fire at an oil depot in the Rostov region is visible from space
Kyiv • UNN
August 23 2024, 10:37 AM • 11574 views
The plume of smoke from the fire at the Proletarsk oil depot stretches for tens of kilometers and is visible from space. The fire,
caused by a UAV attack on August 18, has not yet been contained and threatens to spread to kerosene tanks.
As a result of the fire at the oil depot in Proletarsk, a plume of smoke is already visible from space. It is estimated to stretch for several tens of kilometers. This was stated by the advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andriushchenko, reports UNN.
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Andriushchenko released satellite photos of the fire from August 22. The photo shows a black trail stretching approximately 50 kilometers from the point of the fire.
A gray cloud of smog is easily visible 150 kilometers above Novocherkassk.
The fire at the oil depot started in the morning of August 18 after a UAV attack. So far, the fire has not been localized. At the same time, there is a threat of the fire spreading to the kerosene tanks.
Sources of UNNreportedthat on the night of August 18, as a result of a Ukrainian intelligence operation, an oil depot in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, which worked for the enemy military-industrial complex and supported the activities of the Russian occupation forces, was hit.