Two drones entered the territory of Latvia, a NATO member state, coming from Russia, and crashed, the Latvian army announced on Thursday morning, Reuters reports.
One of the drones hit an oil storage facility in Rezekne, about 40 km from the Russian border, according to police sources quoted by national LSM television.
The fire that broke out at the scene was already extinguished when the firemen arrived, according to the quoted source.
Latvian authorities issued drone alerts to residents along the border with Russia at 4:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, asking them to stay indoors.
All schools will be closed in Rezekne on Thursday, the municipality announced.
In late March, several errant Ukrainian drones struck Latvia and its NATO neighbors Estonia and Lithuania, with one hitting a chimney of a local power plant, while another crashed into a frozen lake and exploded.
The Ukrainian drones are believed to have been launched to strike military targets in Russia.
The three Baltic countries have never allowed their territories and airspace to be used for drone strikes against Russian targets, their foreign ministers said in April.
