In the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia, a fire broke out at a bitumen plant near the Lukoil oil refinery, local sources and the occupying authorities report. The cause is unknown. The video at the beginning of the news contains obscene language, 18+.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry stated that in the village of Opalikha near Kstovo, tanks with bitumen caught fire, spilling the substance over an area of 100 square meters.

The occupiers write that the open fire was extinguished on 4,000 m2.

The exact causes of the incident are unknown.

Photo: occupiers' resource
Photo: occupiers' resource
Photo: occupiers' resource
Photo: occupiers' resource
Photo: occupiers' resource
Photo: Russian Emergencies Ministry
Photo: Russian Emergencies Ministry

Not far from the bitumen plant is the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez plant, which is one of the largest oil refineries in Russia.

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