02:57, 25 August 2025

Slyusar reported on extinguishing the fire at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery

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The firefighting on the territory of the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, according to the acting governor of the Rostov region Yuri Slyusar, continues, colleagues from four regions have arrived to help local firefighters. So far, they have managed to reduce the area of the fire.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, in Novoshakhtinsk after the drone attack on the night of August 21 a fire occurred at an industrial enterprise, reported the acting governor of the Rostov region Yuri Slyusar. At the same time, he specified which enterprise he was talking about. On August 23, the Novoshakhtinsk administration reported a difficult situation at the site of the fire.

On August 24, the acting governor of the Rostov region reported on his Telegram channel about the situation with the fire at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery; according to him, the area of the fire was reduced.

Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations from the Krasnodar Territory, Kalmykia, Volgograd and Moscow regions arrived to help extinguish the fire. A total of 412 people are involved in extinguishing the fire. Two fire trains were involved.

The head of the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor Evgeny Kovalev reported that regular monitoring of the air quality is being carried out, and not a single sample revealed an excess of harmful substances.

Recall that on the night of June 6, 2024, a fire broke out at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery after it was attacked by drones, it became the third since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine.

The Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery is located eight kilometers from the border with the LPR, according to information on the Yandex. Maps service. The company remains the largest supplier of petroleum products in the south of Russia and the only operating refinery in the Rostov region, the publication 161.ru noted on June 22, 2022.

Thus, on May 4, 2024, a drone exploded on the territory of the Novoshakhtinsk Oil Refinery in the area . The fire was then extinguished by the company's employees, there were no casualties.

Earlier, on June 22, 2022, the work of the Novoshakhtinsk Oil Refinery was stopped after a fire, the wreckage of two drones was found at the enterprise. After the first strike, a fire broke out in the vacuum unit, the second strike did not lead to a fire. There were also no casualties or injuries as a result of the fire at the oil refinery. The refinery resumed operations on August 5, 2022.

The drone attack on the oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk will not affect the combat capability of the Southern Military District troops or their fuel and lubricant supply in any way, military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" said.

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