MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian firefighters have brought under control a fire at a major oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region northeast of Moscow, the local emergencies ministry said on Wednesday.
The fire at what is one of Russia’s largest refineries broke out earlier on Wednesday, Mikhail Yevrayev, the regional governor said.
He said the blaze had not started as the result of a Ukrainian drone attack even though Kyiv has been systematically targeting refineries to try to disrupt petrol supplies and deprive Moscow of revenue.
“Residents were concerned it might have been the result of an enemy drone attack,” Yevrayev said on the Telegram messaging app.
“But what happened has nothing to do with that…The fire is of a technological nature.” He did not elaborate.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Clarence Fernandez/Andrew Osborn)
