The village of Plauru in the Ceatalchioi commune is located a short distance from the burning ship, which “could explode at any moment”, as Tudor Cernega, mayor of the Ceatalchioi commune, told the Romanian news website Digi24.
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“We checked house by house and took out the animals,” said the mayor. – We have closed the traffic, the danger is huge.
Romania's Emergency Situations Department said in a statement posted on social media that the fire was the result of a “drone attack carried out on the territory of Ukraine” on Sunday eveningwhich caused a “ship loaded with LPG” to be “engulfed in flames near Izmail”, a Ukrainian port city in the southwestern part of the country bordering Romania.
The department added that ordered the evacuation of the entire commune of Ceatalchioi, where approximately 250 people liveand will send vehicles and ambulances.
Orinda ship under Turkish flag can carry approx. 9 million liters of liquefied petroleum gas. Its crew were also evacuated after the fire broke out, with video footage showing plumes of fire and smoke rising from the ship.
The Russian invasion is also taking its toll on Ukraine's neighbors
Moscow frequently attacks Ukrainian port facilities along the Danube during its full-scale invasion, a drone parts were found on the Romanian side of the river on several occasions.
— After a Russian attack damaged an LNG ship in the Odessa Oblast, Romania had to evacuate its border village, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha. — Brutal escalation of terror from Russia it threatens not only Ukraine, but also our neighbors. This underscores the urgent need to put collective pressure on Moscow to end the war.
A NATO spokesman declined to comment on the Russian attack.
