Consequences of the attack on the ferry in the port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar Territory

13 crew members rescued from the ferry that sank after the AFU attack in the port of Kavkaz in In the Krasnodar Territory, four of them were injured, four of them were hospitalized, TASS reported today, on August 23, in its compilation about the circumstances and consequences of the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Circumstances of the attack

· On August 23, at 16:30 Moscow time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a railway ferry with 30 fuel tanks moored in the port of Kavkaz, the head of the Temryuk district, Fedor Babenkov, said.

· According to the operations center of the Krasnodar Territory, a fire broke out, he was assigned rank No. 3.

· It was later reported that the ferry sank from the damage received.

· Immediately after the attack, 87 people (port personnel) were evacuated, there were no casualties among them.

Booms were installed at the scene of the emergency to prevent the spread of fuel.

· The water surface was treated with a sorbent.

· The fire area is 500 square meters. m, the operational services reported. Currently, it has been localized.

· Extinguishing continues.

Victims

The governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratiev reported that 17 people were rescued from the water, two more are being searched.

· Then the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported that the whereabouts of one person remained unknown.

· According to the latest data, 13 crew members were injured, 4 of them were hospitalized, the rest are receiving outpatient care.

· Four more rescued during the incident were not injured.

At present, the fire has actually been extinguished — there is no open gorenje.