Incident Report Subject: RUSSIA - MURMANSK OIL STORAGE FACILITIES ON FIRE Date of Email report: Wed 22/01/2014 Report Detail:
The fire alert was announced at 14.06 local time. Eight fire brigades are fighting the blaze. Tank # 12 containing 1.800 cubic metres of fuel is on fire. Adjacent tanks are being drained, reports Murmansk Emercom. Some media reports claim one man was injured. There is no risk of explosion. The fire has been marked as ‘of increased complexity’. The entire area is now blocked by policemen. The oil storage facilities were put into operation in the 70s to secure fuel provision for the vessels of fishing and trawl fleets. The facilities are situated in a hilly area, and its oil tanks are thus placed on two plots of different altitude – a lower and upper plot. It is the upper plot where an oil tank caught fire.
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