Pillars of smoke, massive blaze as oil tank ‘explodes’ in Lugansk, Ukraine (VIDEO)
Reports are emerging of a heavy fire at the Krasnodon railway station near the war-torn Lugansk region in eastern Ukraine.
ж/д станция #Краснодон
— Zugzwang&NAPALM✌ (@VidaLSorokin) April 4, 2016
Взрыв и теперь горит пока что одна Цистерна с топливом, а их там несколько прибыло pic.twitter.com/03Pegwz4i7
"At 12:10pm we received a call about two diesel tanks on fire containing 60 tons of fuel each.” the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Lugansk People’s Republic has confirmed.
According to the local authorities, during the fire one of the tanks tipped over, spilling the diesel on to two nearby cargos full of coal.
So far the fire has been localized and no casualties have been reported.
#ОРЛО, #Краснодон ВК: горят цистерны с топливом на жд станции. pic.twitter.com/uDr3qmln4s
— Внутренняя Монголия (@l_vinchenso) April 4, 2016
Несколько цистерн с горючим объяты огнем на станции #Краснодон под Суходольском в #ЛНРhttps://t.co/c6HClUGaJWpic.twitter.com/9XDo4riMBI
— LifeCorr (@lifecorr_ru) April 4, 2016
На Луганщине взор ... - https://t.co/RTQ7K8hR8j - #Восток#Горячее#Донба - #взрыв#Краснодон#топливоpic.twitter.com/amW0fyX6Pk
— 5 МИНУТ (@5MINUTinfo) April 4, 2016
Eastern Ukraine has been devastated following the 2014 revolution that brought President Petro Poroshenko to power. While a truce has been reached between Kiev and the break-away regions of Lugansk and Donetsk, political differences continue to stall the final settlement.
