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A large fuel depot in a Russian town near the Ukrainian border caught fire on Monday, according to the emergency situations ministry, which was quoted by Russian news agencies. “A fire has been reported at the Transneft Bryansk-Druzhba fuel depot in Bryansk,” around 150 kilometres (93 miles) from Ukraine’s border, which serves as a logistics base for Moscow’s military operation in its pro-Western neighbour, the ministry said, according to the agencies.
“There are no injuries, according to preliminary information,” the ministry added.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. However, it began at 2:00 a.m. (2300 GMT) in Bryansk’s Fokinsky district, according to the local branch of the emergency situations ministry.
The emergency and fire departments had rushed to the scene.
Flames and smoke could be seen in the night sky over Bryansk, according to images broadcast by Russian media.
The Interfax news agency reported that it was the second such blaze at a fuel depot in the region in recent weeks, but the information could not be independently confirmed.
Russia has repeatedly accused Ukrainian forces of carrying out attacks on its territory, most notably in the Bryansk region in mid-April.
The governor of the Belgorod region, which is also close to the Ukraine border, stated in early April that Kyiv helicopters had fired on a fuel depot there.
