Fire breaks out at Transneft plant in Russia after explosion, – media (video)

Transneft is a Russian state-controlled oil pipeline company.

In the Russian Federation, on the territory of one of the enterprises of the state-controlled company “Transneft”, an explosion and subsequent fire occurred . This was reported by “Baza”.

“Explosion and fire at Transneft oil refinery in Usinsk (Komi Republic),” the statement said.

According to Baza, all employees have been evacuated, and firefighters are on their way to the scene. The causes of the emergency are still unknown.

The publication published a video showing the territory of the enterprise. It shows a huge column of fire and smoke rising upward. Off-screen, someone can be heard talking about an explosion and a “possible leak.”

According to open sources, Transneft is a Russian state-controlled oil pipeline company. It operates trunk oil and oil product pipelines. Headquartered in Moscow.

It is noted that this largest specialized company in the world owns 68 thousand kilometers of main pipelines, more than 500 pumping stations, more than 24 million cubic meters of storage capacity. It transports 83% of the oil produced in Russia and 30% of the oil products produced in Russia.

The company is under international sanctions from the European Union, the United States, Great Britain and a number of other countries.

Fire at Transneft plant

Attacks on Russian oil refineries

At the end of June, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that more than 30 oil refineries, terminals, and oil depots of the terrorist state had already been hit.

For example, the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine carried out a large-scale operation to destroy an airfield, an oil refinery, and an electrical substation in three regions of the Russian Federation. In particular, an oil depot in Kalachi-on-Don in the Volgograd Region was attacked. A large-scale fire and columns of black smoke immediately broke out on the spot.

Later, on the night of Sunday, July 28, an attack was carried out on an oil depot in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. According to intelligence, enemy air defense systems were operating in the area where the facility was located. Powerful explosions and a fire were recorded; it was likely that the tanks with oil products caught fire.

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