About 100 thousand tons of soil contaminated with fuel oil were collected from the beaches of Kuban

More than 96 thousand tons of fuel oil contaminated soil have been collected in Anapa and Temryuksky district. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation on January 5.

"In the water area of the Kerch Strait surveyed more than 809 square kilometers. Strong wind and wave on localized areas of the coast threw oil products," - stated in the message in the Telegram-channel of the Department.

It is noted that in Crimea two facts of minor pollution of the coast were revealed. Over 8 kilometers were cleaned during the day. The Ministry noted that more than 200 people and 54 units of equipment are working on the site.

In total, 2369 km were surveyed during the emergency response, about 249 tons were collected and removed from the affected areas and more than 68 km of the coast was cleaned.

Water shocks: the Emergency Situations Ministry warned of the threat of continued fuel oil leakage in the Black Sea

Liquidation of the consequences of the oil spill will go on all New Year's vacations

Tankers Volgoneft-212 andVolgoneft-239crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15 due to bad weather. As a result of the incident there was a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both vessels. It was specified that one person died. On the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a working group was set up to coordinate the work to eliminate the consequences of the accident.

Later on January 2, the press service of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation said that 2.4 thousand tons of oil products had fallen into the Black Sea after the crash of the tankers.

The next day, the city's governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said that in Sevastopol at the entrance to the Balaklava Bay found a fuel oil stain after the crash of the tankers. On January 4, he noted that the advance of fuel oil after the wreck is fixed to the north along the Crimean coast. He said that as part of the work of the operational headquarters will be organized "breakdown of the territory" to clean up traces of oil products. At the same time, Sevastopol declared an emergency situation regime (emergency situation) of regional character.