Massive fire hits Europe's largest oil facility in Russia, satellite images show the scene
Photo: A fire broke out in the Russian city of Samara (Getty Images)
After overnight explosions in the Russian city of Samara, the largest oil storage facility in Europe is on fire, reports the Astra Telegram channel.
On the night of Friday, October 2, explosions were reported in Samara. According to Astra, the likely target was the Samara Linear Production and Dispatching Station (LPDS). It is part of the Transneft system and the largest tank farm in Europe, meaning a facility where oil is stored. Astra reached this conclusion after analyzing publicly available data.
Videos have appeared online allegedly showing a fire at the station.
Photo: OSINT analysis from Samara (t.me/astrapress)
Photo: OSINT analysis from Samara (t.me/astrapress)
What we know about the station
The Samara LPDS covers more than 216 hectares. There are 71 tanks located there, with a total capacity of more than 1.6 million cubic meters of oil.
There are also two oil pumping stations on the site — Samara-1 and Samara-2 — as well as a separate oil blending station.
Four main oil pipelines converge at this location: Almetyevsk–Kuibyshev, Kaltasy–Kuibyshev, Nizhnevartovsk–Kurgan–Kuibyshev, and Guryev–Kuibyshev. Oil arrives here from Western Siberia, Tatarstan, Orenburg, and Kazakhstan.
Local authorities did not comment on the fire. Earlier, Samara mayor Ivan Noskov said that ground public transportation had been suspended, while the metro was operating as a shelter.
Later, he said that transportation was operating again because the missile threat had been canceled. However, the threat from drones in the city remains.
Explosions were also heard in Volgograd at night. Residents said drones were flying over the city, while a strong glow from a fire could be seen in the area of the oil refinery and the Kaustik chemical plant.
On the night of October 2, drones attacked Volgograd. Volgograd region governor Andrey Bocharov said the industrial infrastructure had come under a massive attack and reported that a residential building caught fire.
On the night of July 31, the General Staff confirmed a strike on the Volgograd oil refinery.
The plant was hit, and a fire broke out, while the Defense Forces also struck an aircraft plant in Yevpatoria and the Taman port.
