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

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