21-03-2025
Explosion at burning oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Krai engulfs another tank
An explosion occurred at an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Krai on the night of 20-21 March, which continues to burn following a drone attack on 19 March. Two people have been injured, the road to the city of Krasnodar has been closed and residents of the area have been advised not to go outside.
Source: Krasnodar Krai Operations Centre, a Russian authority; Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS; Russian Telegram channels
Quote from operations centre: "While extinguishing the fire at the oil depot, an explosion of petroleum products and a release of burning oil occurred due to a burning tank rupture in the Kavkazsky district. Three fire appliances were damaged and two firefighters were injured as a result."
Details: It was reported that the fire had spread to another tank.
"Thus, two tanks are burning now, along with isolation valves, petroleum products in a containment area around the tanks and the portion of burning petroleum products ejected beyond the tanks by the explosion. The total fire area has increased to 10,000 sq m," the operations centre reported.
It was noted that 456 firefighters and 181 fire appliances were involved in extinguishing the fire.
The road towards Krasnodar has been closed. Authorities have advised residents of the Kavkazsky district, where the oil depot is burning, to stay indoors and keep their windows closed.
Background:
On 19 March, drones attacked the Naftatrans' oil depot in the village of Kavkazskaya. At the time, the oil depot contained 100,000 tonnes of petroleum products – five tanks of 20,000 cubic metres each.
According to the Astra Telegram channel, a pipeline between two tanks at the oil depot was damaged in the attack by five drones. One of the tanks caught fire several hours after the attack.
This oil depot is connected to a railway oil terminal and a connecting pipeline leading to NPS-6 Kropotkin, which is part of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium system. Oil is transported to Novorossiysk from there.
Thirteen kilometres from this oil depot is the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, which was put out of operation by a drone attack on 17 February.
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