A fuel truck caught fire near Kyiv: a column of black smoke rose. Photo, video t.me/policekyivregion

A fuel truck caught fire near Kyiv: a column of black smoke rose. Photo, video

Katerina Belousova

Currently, there is no information about the victims

In Kyiv region, on Thursday, May 25, near the village of Bziv, in the Brovar district, a fuel truck overturned on the highway, which instantly caught fire. There was a large-scale fire.

A local eco-catastrophe occurred around 12:00 noon on the Kharkiv-Kyiv highway, the Kyiv region Police reports in Telegram.

"While driving, the car lost course stability and went into a ditch, it caught fire. Rescue workers and police officers are working at the scene," the report said.

Law enforcement officials noted that as of 2:30 p.m., the fire is still ongoing.

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During the combustion of oil products, a number of dangerous substances are formed, in particular, soot, sulfuric acid, and oil oxidation products.

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As Channel 24 reports, there is currently no information about the victims, the information is still being ascertained.

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Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that in February 2022, an enemy ammunition hit the territory of the oil depot in the village of Kryachki near Vasylkov, Kyiv region, which caused a fire.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine, about 703.7 thousand tons of oil, oil products and gas, as well as 61.5 thousand hectares of forests and other plantations, have burned.

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