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Fire at Feodosia oil terminal in Crimea burns for about five days
A fire broke out in the early hours of 7 October 2024 at the oil terminal in Feodosia, a port city in Crimea. Ukraine’s military said its missile forces had hit the terminal, which it described as the largest on the Crimean peninsula. This account comes from Ukraine’s military and could not be independently verified.
According to the Russian newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, as reported by The Moscow Times, the fire grew from about 800 to about 2,500 square meters. More than 1,100 people were evacuated, according to the Russian-installed mayor, Igor Tkachenko. No injuries were reported by the Russian-installed authorities.
Locals reported nausea and headaches. A local consumer protection watchdog, cited by TASS, reported a high sulfur dioxide level in one air sample near the flames, while the mayor said air quality posed no threat. Authorities also warned that the water needed to fight the fire could affect the supply for residents.
On 11 October 2024 the mayor said on Telegram that, as of 8 a.m., there was no open burning on the terminal’s territory and that the situation was under control, about five days after the strike. Emergency services continued recovery work. Another report, citing a Telegram channel, said the fire lasted nearly seven days and that 12 tanks were affected and 8 destroyed; this could not be verified. The methods and agents used to fight the fire were not reported in detail.
What this case shows. The Feodosia reports show that a terminal fire reaches beyond the fence: more than 1,100 people were evacuated, residents complained of nausea and headaches, and the authorities warned that firefighting water could affect local supplies. The sources do not name the extinguishing agents. How the FoamFatale system works is described under details of operation; nothing in the reports connects it to this fire.
Sources: The Kyiv Independent (10 October), The Moscow Times (10 October), The Moscow Times (11 October), Euromaidan Press (14 October).