A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Tuapse after a drone attack.

A drone attack caused a fire at an oil refinery in Tuapse.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, a fire broke out at an oil terminal in the port of Tuapse on the night of April 20 following a drone attack. It was not extinguished until April 24. Residents reported that "oil rain" fell in the city. Environmentalists warned that the "oil rain" and smoke from the fire at the oil depot pose a health hazard, while Tuapse residents themselves called the situation in the city an environmental disaster.

A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Tuapse "due to falling drone debris," the Kuban emergency response headquarters reported today on its Telegram channel.

There were no casualties. "122 people and 39 pieces of equipment are involved in extinguishing the fire," the statement reads.

The head of the Tuapse District reposted this publication on his Telegram channel without adding any additional information.

As a reminder, on April 22, authorities acknowledged that benzene, xylene, and soot concentrations in the air in areas near the marine terminal (Grozneft, Sortirovka, and Zvezdny, as well as part of the Central District) had been recorded at levels two to three times higher than permissible levels. These data were based on measurements taken on the evening of April 21.

The fire at the marine terminal is dangerous due to the release of combustion products, which are carcinogenic and toxic. The "oil rain" that fell in Tuapse reduced the content of harmful substances in the air, but led to soil contamination, they emphasized. Environmentalists.

Furthermore, on April 24, after booms broke due to rising water levels in the Tuapse River, an oil spill occurred into the Black Sea. Authorities declared the spill "local," but the oil spread to nearby villages. Fuel oil spread over a large area, and cleanup is being done mainly by volunteers, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" on April 26.

The oil spill that entered the Black Sea after the drone attack in Tuapse is expanding, and the environmental outlook for the coastline is not bright, nor are the prospects for the resort season, scientists noted.

Materials on the consequences of fuel oil spills in the Kerch Strait and Tuapse collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".