Hearth broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, leading to deaths and accidents, native officers stated.
The regional governor stated the hearth used to be now not brought about by way of a Ukrainian drone strike and investigators opened a legal case on suspicion of negligence.
The fireplace close to the town of Ukhta in Russia’s northwestern Komi Republic left a minimum of 3 other folks injured, Komi’s emergencies ministry stated. Regional investigators stated that the hearth additionally brought about deaths, however didn’t specify what number of. They didn’t say whether or not the hearth had but been extinguished.
“These days a fireplace passed off at an oil refinery facility within the town of Ukhta all through scheduled technical paintings by way of a contractor, leading to deaths and accidents,” the investigative division wrote on Telegram.
Investigators have opened a legal case into imaginable negligence on the oil refinery.
Regional Gov. Vladimir Uyba stated that the hearth used to be now not associated with a drone strike. In contemporary months, Russian refineries and oil terminals have change into precedence goals of Ukrainian drone assaults, a part of stepped-up attacks on Russian territory.
Native officers didn’t specify which corporate the refinery belongs to, however photographs printed by way of the native emergencies ministry display the brand of oil large Lukoil.
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