(KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR, KHABAROVSK KRAI) – A fire has broken out at a major oil refinery in Russia’s Far East, with the cause and extent of casualties remaining unknown.
The blaze erupted on 11 August at the RN-Komsomolsk Refinery, owned by the state-controlled oil giant Rosneft. Local residents in Komsomolsk-on-Amur reported the fire at approximately 11:00 a.m. local time.
Footage of the incident was verified by the independent monitoring group ASTRA using open source intelligence analysis. The video confirmed that a fire was actively burning on the premises of the refinery.
There is currently no information regarding the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage. No casualty figures have been released.
The Komsomolsk refinery was commissioned in 1942 and has a design capacity of roughly 8 million tonnes of oil per year. The facility produces K5-standard motor gasoline, diesel fuel, marine fuel and other petroleum products. It is a key supplier of fuel for the Russian Far East.
(Footage of the fire was verified by ASTRA’s OSINT analysis group)
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