VOLGOGRAD. July 9 (Interfax) - A fire broke out at an oil depot in Kalach-on-Don and at an electrical substation in Frolovo in Russia's Volgograd region after they were hit by falling drone debris overnight, the region's Governor Andrei Bocharov said.
"Air defense and electronic warfare forces suppressed an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles on the Volgograd region overnight into July 9. Falling drone debris caused fires at a substation in the town of Frolovo and an oil depot in the town of Kalach-on-Don. The fire at the substation was promptly extinguished. Electricity supply was not disrupted," Bocharov was quoted by the regional administration's Telegram channel as saying.
Firefighters from the regional service and the Emergency Situations Ministry are working at the site of the blaze at the oil depot, he said. There is no threat to residential buildings.
"Petrol reservoirs are burning at the private oil depot in the town of Kalach-on-Don," the press service for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's regional branch said.
"There are no fatalities and injuries," it said.