MOSCOW: An oil depot in Bryansk, a significant Russian city on the Ukraine border, caught fire on Monday.

Officials informed the Russian Information Agency  (RIA) Novosti that the fire started at a Transneft-Druzhba JSC facility and then spread to another place. There have been no recorded casualties, and there is no threat to residential buildings, according to Russian Times, quoting the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

"The population is not expected to be evacuated. There were no victims, according to preliminary information "According to its press service. According to media, local residents have reported hearing explosions and hearing sirens in social media footage.

According to Moscow daily Kommersant, another fire was reported in the city's Fokinsky neighbourhood, the cause of which has yet to be determined.

Bryansk is home to over 4,00,000 people and serves as a vital regional hub, Russian Times reported. A 10,000-tonne tank of diesel fuel was ignited, as per an Interfax source.

The second object that caught fire, according to state-owned Rossiya-24 TV, was a diesel fuel store in a military unit.  Officials in the Bryansk region had warned of a possible terrorist threat before Monday's incident.

Similar fears were expressed in sections of Voronezh and the entire Belgorod region, where Ukraine was accused earlier this month of bombarding an oil station.

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