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The blaze was caused by ‘external influence’, but Russian media reported that local residents had heard a drone operating nearby, followed by several explosions.
Russian news agencies reported that two storage tanks and a pumping station had been damaged, but that the fire had now been brought under control. | World News
(Reuters) - A fire broke out at a Baltic Sea terminal belonging to Novatek, Russia's largest liquefied natural gas producer, regional officials said on Sunday, amid reports of explosions and Ukrainian drone sightings in the area.
A fire broke out at a terminal of Russia's largest liquefied natural gas producer Novatek on the Baltic Sea, a regional official said on Sunday, amid reports of drone sightings in the area. "There were no casualties as a result of the fire at the Novatek terminal in the port of Ust-Luga. The personnel were evacuated," Leningrad regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said on the Telegram messaging app.
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Drones were seen in area 170km west of St Petersburg, local media reports