The oil leaked from two tanks with a capacity of 7.5 thousand tons each, damaged as a result of the attack, on the territory of the enterprise of the Zavodskoy district.
After the fire was quickly extinguished by the state emergency service, the containers were found to be damaged and oil leaking from them. As the correspondent of the Novosti N edition reported from the scene, oil flows along the road, flows into the sewers of the city, deep puddles of oil have formed on the road.
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Some of the local residents are worried – they fear the oil could catch fire – and then a large-scale fire could break out again.
The most enterprising part of the population decided to take advantage of the accident and collect the oil from the puddles in bottles, taking it home. About this edition “News N” reported in Telegram showing the corresponding video.
On the fact that following the drone attack in Nikolaev on October 16 there were firescity mayor Alexander Senkevich reported without details.
“In Nikolaev, three drones hit an industrial infrastructure facility, tanks with sunflower oil caught fire there. A fire also broke out in a pharmaceutical warehouse,” he wrote.
Nikolaev OVA chief Vitaly Kim veiled on Telegram on October 17 informed on the exact shot of the drones launched by the occupants in two containers.
“So far, in the comparison between rush and sunflower oil (in our terminal), rush leads 2: 0. Unfortunately, here they show the strength of their army in a very professional way,” he said.
Press service of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv region clarified October 17 on Facebook that on October 16 at 22.19, after an enemy drone attack, two tanks with crude oil caught fire on the territory of a company in the Zavodskoy district.
“A 0.02 [17 октября] the fire was located and cleared at 0.10 on an area of 1000 m²“rescuers said.
The Russian military has bombed Nikolaev and the region since February 24, the first day of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Between March and April, the intensity of the bombing decreased after the Ukrainian army drove the invaders away from the city. Since May, the region has been bombed and launched almost daily.
The Russians are in control about 5% of the settlements Mykolaiv region, reported in the regional administration on 5 August.
Occupants since the beginning of a full-scale war the bombings damaged 10,000 civilian objects Mykolaiv region, they spoke at the OVA on 21 August.
