09:15 Fire at “Naftan”

A fire started at the oil-processing enterprise “Naftan” in Vitsiebsk Region. The Belarusian Emergency Control Ministry informed about it. Flash gasoline burst into flames in the open air.

Firemen noted it took them 11 fire-engines to extinguish the fire.

It took 19 minutes to localize the fire and 19 minutes to extinguish it. Representatives of the Emergency Control Ministry claimed that the fire had not affected the engineering process at “Naftan”.

The preliminary reason for the fire is violation of preventive fire-fighting regulations, reports “Interfax”.