Fuel oil pollution was detected on the coast of Yalta
Fuel oil contamination has been detected on 16.28 km of coastline in six municipalities of Crimea, including Yalta. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry on Saturday, January 11.
To monitor the oil spill, 19 vessels and aviation are involved, the number of monitoring groups has been doubled to 178.
"Pollution has been detected in the sea area and on the coast in Kerch, Yevpatoria, Yalta, Saksky, Chernomorsky, Leninsky districts and on the island of Tuzla. Forces and means are sent to the places for complete cleaning of contaminated sites", - stated in the message in Telegram-channel.
A total of 734 people and 134 units of equipment are working on the cleanup.
Tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239" due to bad weather crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024. The incident resulted in a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both vessels, one person died. On the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a working group was set up to coordinate work to eliminate the consequences of the emergency.
Later, on January 3, an oil slick was discovered in Sevastopol at the entrance to Balaklava Bay. The next day, it was reported about the advance of fuel oil to the north along the Crimean coast, and Sevastopol declared a state of emergency of regional character.
On January 11, the emergency threat regime of a municipal nature was introduced due to the identified fuel oil stains in the Chernomorsky district in the west of Crimea.
