Arrived to extinguish the fire at the oil depot in the Kiev region fire and rescue service had not been provided with the necessary means of fighting, said the Director of strategic marketing Department of a network of filling stations "BRSM-Nafta" Alexander Melnychuk.
after the fire rescue exhausted accumulation of foaming agent, the network of "BRSM-Nafta took emergency measures to maintain the rescue with this mixture, 40 tons of foaming agent has provided a network of gas station" KLO ", Belotserkovsky tyre company " Rosava ", international airport " Kiev ", LLC " Alliance oil Ukraine ", reports " news Agency ".



"in the main version of the story of the conflict we see arson, and do not exclude that the Fire of petroleum products at the oil depot has happened as a result of a terrorist act," said Melnychuk. First it was claimed that the version of terrorist attack as the cause of the fire at the oil depot in the Kiev region was not confirmed, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has ordered the government to convene the headquarters of the destruction of fire. The fire at the oil depot "BRSM-oil" in the village Cracki Kiev region erupted on the evening of the first day of the week. On Tuesday morning, rescuers said about the explosion. Because of the fire alarmed fighters of the Ukrainian national guard. According to the summary data, already kindled all 17 fuel tanks. In addition, in the area of fire was another base, and gas. Ukrainian media say that technology is sorely lacking, and no one fights fire, for fire to come close to you. On the given fact criminal case under the criminal code according to section 2 of article 273 of the criminal code of Ukraine (violation of safety rules in explosive factories or explosive plants). From the outset, the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine reported that the probable cause of the fire called a technical error when working with petroleum products. Later, the head adviser of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine Zoryan Shkiriak said that the fire could occur as a result of arson or violation of rules of storage of petroleum products. Arrived in the area of emergency the Secretary of the Council of national security and defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said that in 50 metres from a burning tank farms are located the warehouses of weapons. According to his statement, " the main task - not to allow the flame would move to a military unit ". He also said about excitation of criminal case. Also, According to Turchynov, tank farm fire was under investigation, and the real volume of petroleum products unknown. In addition, it was claimed that under the threat of fire was located near the tank farm, the airstrip, the Ministry of defense of Ukraine. VIDEO

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