A fire at an oil depot in the Rostov region has been extinguished after three days.
Rescuers extinguished a fire at an oil depot in the Matveyevo-Kurgan district, which started on May 31 as a result of a drone attack.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the night of May 31 in the Matveyevo-Kurgan district, a fuel storage facility belonging to a private enterprise caught fire "due to falling UAV debris." Residents of nearby private homes were evacuated, Rostov Region Governor Yuri Slyusar reported. A fire train was called in to extinguish the fire.
According to the governor, a pharmacy, two stores, and a car were damaged in the attack in the village of Matveyev Kurgan; there were no injuries.
Firefighters extinguished the fire at the oil depot, which started on the night of May 31, three days later, TASS reported today.
"The fire at the fuel storage facility of a private enterprise in the village of Matveyev Kurgan has been completely extinguished," the agency quotes a member of the Rostov Region governor's press service as saying.
More than 100 specialists extinguished the fire, which covered an area of 3,600 square meters, donnews.ru reported today.
In The Rostov Region has banned filming aerial attacks and their aftermath, air defense operations, and military unit locations. The corresponding Governor's decree was published on the "Caucasian Knot."
Proximity to oil depots and refineries also creates problems for residents of Kuban.
As a reminder, proximity to oil depots and refineries also creates problems for residents of Kuban. For example, on May 13, a drone attack was recorded in the village of Volna in the Temryuk District. A fire broke out at the facility, injuring one person.
The village of Volna has previously been linked to drone attacks. Specifically, on February 17, an oil tank caught fire there. The fire was extinguished on February 18. On February 15, two fires totaling 2,200 square meters broke out in the village of Volna after an aerial attack. One was extinguished that evening, the other the following day.
Residents of the Kuban village of Ilsky, where an oil refinery is located, regularly suffer from drone attacks. For example, on February 17, two people were injured in a drone attack in the village and were hospitalized. Four private homes were also damaged.
The oil refinery itself has also experienced repeated incidents related to drone attacks. On September 7, 2025, equipment at the Ilsky Oil Refinery caught fire as a result of an attack. The Ilsky Oil Refinery was built "literally on the outskirts" of the village and is located just meters from the residential area boundary. Any fire at the refinery poses a health risk, Kuban environmentalists previously told the "Caucasian Knot."
From April 16 to May 1, four fires broke out at the oil refinery and the marine terminal in Tuapse following drone attacks. Furthermore, on April 24, after booms broke due to rising river waters, an oil spill occurred into the Black Sea. The environmental consequences of the attacks on Tuapse's oil infrastructure can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fires and 'Oil Rains': Key Information on the Environmental Disaster in Tuapse."