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Ukraine drone sparks huge fire at Russia gas site

Wednesday, 15 January 2025



MOSCOW, Jan 14 (AFP): A Ukrainian drone attack hit a gas storage tank in Russia's Tatarstan region on Tuesday, sparking a huge blaze, authorities said.
Local media published images showing flames and black smoke billowing toward the sky near the city of Kazan, saying that the drone had struck a liquefied gas storage site near a chemical factory.
"A gas tank caught fire... following a drone attack", the local government said on the Telegram messaging service, adding that nobody was hurt.
In the region of Saratov, some 700 kilometres (435 miles) southeast of the capital Moscow, "an industrial site was damaged" in a drone attack in Engels, regional governor Roman Bussargin wrote on Telegram.
Schools in Saratov and Engels will hold classes online on Tuesday because of the attacks, he said.