Fires break out at Russian oil storage facilities near Ukraine

Fires broke out and explosions were heard at oil storage facilities in Russia on Sunday, about 80 miles from the Ukrainian border.

One fire reportedly occurred at the Druzhba Oil Depot in Bryansk, Russia, located north of Ukraine’s Sumy region. The second fire broke out at a nearby facility in Bryansk. A Russian military base is reportedly located near the site of the fires. Russian media and authorities have confirmed only one fire at an oil storage facility in Bryansk and have not given a cause for the blaze.