Novatek, Russia’s largest impartial pure fuel producer, is the operator of the terminal, positioned 110 km west of St. Petersburg, close to the Estonian border.
Its assertion signifies that nobody was injured and that the hearth is at present contained.
No additional particulars regarding the reason for the hearth have been launched.
The corporate additionally said that it has stopped work on the port.
Alexander Drozdenka, the governor of the Leningrad area, reported earlier on the Telegram platform {that a} high-alert regime was launched within the Kingisep district, the place Ust Luga is positioned.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry and the native fireplace division are concerned in combating the hearth, he added.
Native official Jurijs Zapalackis mentioned the hearth broke out round 2 a.m. 45 minutes native time.
The Ria-Novosti information company reported {that a} 100-cubic-meter tank was on fireplace.
Native media reported that the port was attacked by Ukrainian drones and one pure fuel tank exploded.
The Fontanka portal wrote that two drones had been noticed early Sunday flying within the route of St. Petersburg, however then they had been diverted to the Kingisep district.
The Russian Protection Ministry introduced on Sunday that it had foiled Ukrainian assaults final night time, however didn’t point out any incidents within the Leningrad area or any drone exercise within the Kingisep space. The ministry mentioned that 4 Ukrainian drones had been shot down within the Smolensk area of Russia, and two extra within the Oryol and Tula areas.
Earlier, Russian officers confirmed {that a} Ukrainian drone was shot down on the outskirts of St. Petersburg on Thursday.
On the Ust Luga complicated, pure fuel condensate is processed into gasoline elements for plane and ships, in accordance with Novatek’s web site.
In Ust Luga, the Nord Stream 2 fuel pipeline constructed to Germany and by no means put into operation, in opposition to which an act of sabotage was dedicated in September 2022, begins.
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2024-06-16 00:54:43