A massive fire rages at an oil and gas storage facility owned by BRSM-Nafta, located near Kiev.

At the scene of a major fire at a fuel depot in Kiev Region.

The conflagration has already claimed the lives of several firefighters.

Over 300 people and more than 60 units of equipment are involved in extinguishing the blaze.

The depot is located in the village of Kryachky, about 25 miles southwest of Ukraine's capital, Kiev.

The owner of the depot, BRSM-Nafta Ltd., is a Kiev-based company that supplies gasoline and diesel in Ukraine.

The fire prompted a major evacuation of the adjacent residential districts.

Firemen on the scene of fire at the oil tank farm BRSM-oil in Kiev Region.
