"The Oil Rains Will Keep Coming."

In Perm they predicted an ecological catastrophe according to the Tuapse scenario.

Perm, which was hit by drone raids, where an oil refinery and a Transneft station were attacked, risks facing the same environmental consequences as Tuapse, where "oil rains" took place and concentrations of carcinogens jumped up in the air, environmentalists interviewed by "Agency" warned.

Included in the top 5 largest cities of the Urals with a population of about 1 million people, Perm was attacked on April 29 and 30. As a result, the Permnefteorgsintez refinery, the 7th largest in the country by capacity, caught fire, as well as an oil pumping station with a fleet of oil tanks with a total capacity of 380,000 cubic meters, writes The Moscow Times.

As early as Wednesday, residents of the city complained of black precipitation, the smell of burnt rubber and chemicals in the air. By Friday, smoke from the fires in Perm stretched for 120 kilometers, according to satellite images published by Radio Liberty.

"This is exactly the same fire that was in Tuapse, I believe that the toxic and carcinogenic substances there are the same in the air," said Vladimir Slivyak, co-chairman of the environmental group "Ecodefense!"Vladimir Slivyak. Among the toxins are polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)," including benzene, a carcinogen of the first class of danger.

The fires in Perm Krai may be even stronger, and thus more dangerous, than the fires in Tuapse, said another environmentalist who requested anonymity: "The oil rains have been and will continue to be the same as in Tuapse." At the Transneft station near Perm, at least six tanks designed for 50,000 tons of oil products each caught fire, while in Tuapse about 100,000 tons burned, the expert explains, "That is, the fires in Permskoye may be even stronger, and therefore more dangerous than the fires in Tuapse."

Perm authorities continue to remain silent over the incident, "Perm36.6" notes. The city's mayor Eduard Sosnin urged residents to "be patient and work." Governor Dmitry Manokhin said Friday that May Day demonstrations had been canceled, but announced a United Russia action called "Industrial Krai - Strong Krai," citing that it was "important for people to feel united." The day before, Manokhin said there was "no threat" and no "significant damage." On the same day, the Perm refinery stopped 40% of its capacity - the fire damaged the primary oil refining unit.

There are no clear centralized instructions due to the emergency in the city, writes "Perm 36.6": institutions act in different ways - somewhere they continue classes, somewhere they transfer people, somewhere they make decisions on the spot.

Rospotrebnadzor is checking the air in Perm, the regional department of the agency reported on April 30. The situation is under control, Rospotrebnadzor assured. On April 29, Manokhin said that the results of the measurements did not register "exceedances of pollutants."

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