Oil products after tanker accident washed up on the Kuban coast for dozens of kilometers

Oil products after an accident with tankers in the Kuban were carried ashore for dozens of kilometers. This was reported by the Governor of Krasnodar region Veniamin Kondratiev on December 17.

"This morning during the monitoring of the coastal strip found stains of fuel oil. Oil products were carried to the shore for several dozen kilometers from the village of Veselovka in the Temryuksky district and to the village of Blagoveshchenskaya in Anapa," he wrote in his Telegram channel.

Kondratiev added that in two municipalities were urgently deployed operative headquarters chaired by the heads of MO.

267 people are working on the site, 50 units of equipment are involved. It is specified that additional forces and means will be involved if necessary.

"To eliminate the consequences sent groups of the regional detachment "Kuban-SPAS", EMERCOM of Russia, grateful to the volunteers who came to the rescue," - said the Governor.

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On the eve of Kondratiev reported that in four settlements of Kuban after the spillage of oil products introduced a high alert mode. At the same time, the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov said that no pollution after the oil spill on the Black Sea coast was found.

Tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239" crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15. Strong squally winds and sea waves up to 7 points were observed in that area. In the Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol reported that more than 50 people and 11 units of equipment are involved in the elimination of the accident.

Later in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia specified that the "Volgoneft-212" ran aground. 13 people were evacuated from the vessel. It was reported that two of them remain in a state of moderate severity, another person died. Two criminal cases were opened over the incident, one of which was reclassified to a more serious composition.

"Volgoneft-239" ran aground near the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region. All 14 crew members were evacuated from it.

In turn, Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov said that it is too early to say how much oil products got into the sea. Part of the fuel oil remains in the tankers, which are at the bottom of the sea, and due to temperature conditions, the fuel oil remains on the bottom. According to him, divers will examine the remains of the vessels and, accordingly, will give their conclusion.