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Firefighters battle blaze at oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar for fifth day

Firefighters continued for the fifth day to fight a blaze at an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparked last week by a drone attack authorities blamed on Ukraine, the regional administration said.

“One of the tanks and oil products inside the facility are burning,” the administration said in a post on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday.

At 5pm on Sunday, the area of the fire at the depot near the village of Kavkazskaya was around 2,000m², the administration said on Telegram.

The fire area nearly doubled the night before after an oil products spill.

The Russian foreign ministry said the attack amounted to a violation of an agreement to halt attacks on energy infrastructure under efforts to secure a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.

Authorities had brought in firefighting trains loaded with water to help to battle the blaze on Saturday.

The depot is a rail terminal for Russian oil supplies for a pipeline to Kazakhstan.

**Reuters**

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