Running of drone: in the Orel region of the Russian Federation the oil depot was lit - Roszmi (video)

Local authorities initially reported that the air defense systems had shot down UAVs, but later acknowledged that the facility had a storage with fuel. In the Orel region of the Russian Federation, on September 17, a fire broke out on the oil depot on September 17. According to the Russian media Baza, a gasoline tank was caught on the facility. The information was confirmed by the governor of the region Andriy Klitschkov.

He first stated that the air defense had shot down, but then wrote that at 03:50 the drone fell in a railway area on a non -residential facility, after which special services began to carry out "necessary measures". According to preliminary data, there are no victims. Later Klitschkov said that the fire was extinguished, but did not inform the extent of the fire and the degree of damage to the facility.

"As for the incident that happened at 3:50, I additionally want to report that the open combustion of the fuel tank in the territory of the industrial object of the railway district of the city of Orla has already been completely eliminated, there are no victims," ​​- wrote the Russian official.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has not yet commented on the incident, but at the request of the Izvestiya newspaper in the Ministry of Emergencies reported that the oil depot had caught fire as a result of the impact of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. We will remind, on September 16 in St. Petersburg broke out a shopping center in the Kapuchino area. According to the locals, they heard the explosion, after which the fire began.