By Victor Duda
The oil depot in the proletarian Rostov region, which caught fire after the attack of Ukrainian drones on Sunday, August 18, continues to burn for the fifth day, although the fire of the Ministry of Emergencies, special trains and more than 500 emergency services, some from neighboring regions, participates in the fire elimination. About it reports "Radio Liberty". According to local authorities, initially due to the attack of drones, about 20 tanks with diesel fuel - 5,000 cubic meters.
It is reported that the smoke from the fire stretched for 25 km a day. Last night, another explosion occurred at the oil depot, and the flames were visible from the neighboring city of Salsk, 30 km from the proletarian. On Thursday, Russian news agencies reported that firefighters extinguished six tanks with diesel. According to Sky News, the Planet Labs PBC satellite images shows thick smoke clubs from a fire that is still blazing at the oil depot.
Two new satellite images taken on Wednesday and Monday show the extent of fire. On the eve of the priests of the ROC brought the icon to the place of fire in an attempt to help firefighters. Sky News Military Analyst Sean Bell noted that out of 74 tanks at the site of a fire, a fire was covered by 24, a total of about 500 firefighters tried to extinguish it. It should be reminded that the fire in the proletarian broke out after the attack of drones on August 18.
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