Oil pump station fire in western Siberia leaves 1 firefighter dead, 2 missing
A fire at an oil pumping station in the Khanty Mansi autonomous district of western Siberia left one firefighter dead, five people injured and two still missing.The fire was caused by a lightning strike, a spokesman for the Urals emergencies center said on August 23.
“A lightning stroke a reservoir causing an explosion,” he said adding that the fire spread to two neighboring reservoirs. The volume of each reservor is 20,000 cubic meters.
He also said 88 rescuers and 20 fire engines, who are involved in extinguishing the blaze, which currently covers some 1,800 meters.
