Footage emerging on social media show a second unconfirmed blaze in the Russian city of Bryansk.
"The Emergency Situations Ministry has confirmed there's a fire," the government's press office is quoted saying by Russian news agency TASS."There's also a confirmation that it's the fuel tanks."
An image shared on social media of two fires burning in Bryansk, Russia. Russian authorities reported a fire on Monday at a fuel depot in the city.There was no immediate indication of whether the fires were connected to the war Russia is waging in Ukraine. The Druzhba fuel depot on fire belongs to Russian state-controlled oil pipeline company Transneft. The depot's location is strategic for the conflict in Ukraine. Bryansk, a city of 400,000 people and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, lies 93 miles from Ukraine and serves as a logistics base for Russian troops fighting in the neighboring country. The city is some 240 miles from Moscow.
According to TASS, the first report of a fire was made at 2 a.m. Moscow time. The first responders had left for the scene when the government's press office talked to the Russian news agency.Air raid siren going off in Bryansk
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