Fire at oil refinery near Saratov, Russia (Photo by TASS)
Fire at oil refinery near Saratov, Russia (Photo by TASS)

One of Russia’s oldest refineries, located on in Saratov, a city on the Volga river, caught fire and was on Tuesday. Rosneft, which took over ownership of the refinery in 2013, said the fire, which ignited on the roof of a tank of diesel fuel, will not affect production and processing.