Kondratyev reported that the fire at the oil refinery had been extinguished.

A fire at the Tuapse oil refinery has been extinguished, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev announced.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on April 28, a drone attack caused a fire at the Tuapse oil refinery. Residents were evacuated from the area surrounding the refinery; the Krasnodar Krai Governor announced the evacuation of approximately 70 people. Today, authorities reported the fire's containment. The smell of smoke from the third drone-related fire since mid-April can be smelled beyond Tuapse, according to local residents. Some of them left the city, fearing the health risks of combustion products.

The fire that started at the Tuapse oil refinery as a result of a drone attack has been extinguished, announced Veniamin Kondratyev, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

"I thank everyone who participated in the firefighting effort: it was incredibly difficult work. I understand how much effort and labor it took to extinguish such a large-scale fire—often at risk to lives." Now we will do everything to get the city back in order as quickly as possible,” the official said in a message on his Telegram channel.

Furthermore, on April 24, after the booms broke Due to rising water levels in the Tuapse River, an oil spill occurred in the Black Sea. Authorities declared the spill "local," but the oil spread to nearby villages. Fuel oil has spread over a large area, and it is being cleaned up mainly by volunteers, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" on April 26.

The oil spill that entered the Black Sea after the drone attack in Tuapse is expanding, and the environmental outlook for the coast is bleak, as are the prospects for the resort season, scientists noted.

Materials about the consequences of the fuel oil spills in the Kerch Strait and Tuapse have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban". Data on the scale of coastal pollution was collected by the “Caucasian Knot” in the reference material “Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait”.