06.01.2025, 16:19
About 250 tons of contaminated soil were removed from the coast of Crimea
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS About 250 tons of soil and sand contaminated with petroleum products due to the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait have been removed from the coastal strip in the Republic of Crimea since the start of work, the press service of the main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region reports.
"During the work, 34 oil products were detected, and about 249 tons of contaminated sand and soil were collected and removed," the report says.
During the day, 384 kilometers of coastline from the Kerch city district to the Zaozernoye settlement of the Yevpatoria city district were surveyed, no new cases of pollution were detected. On Sunday, work continued on the site in the Leninsky district on the territory of the Opuksky State Nature Reserve in the village of Yakovenkovo, where pollution had previously affected a three-kilometer coastal strip.
The emergency response involves the forces of volunteers and employees of the reserve, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Crimean rescue unit "Crimea-saved".
On December 15, 2024, tankers Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 crashed in the Kerch Strait area, 27 sailors were evacuated, one of them died. According to the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, about 2,4 thousand tons of petroleum products got into the sea.
A federal emergency regime was introduced in Kuban. Rescuers and volunteers collect polluted soil on the shore, specialists remove the oil-water mixture from the water area and treat it with a sorbent. There are five centers in the region for the rescue of birds affected by fuel oil.
"During the work, 34 oil products were detected, and about 249 tons of contaminated sand and soil were collected and removed," the report says.
During the day, 384 kilometers of coastline from the Kerch city district to the Zaozernoye settlement of the Yevpatoria city district were surveyed, no new cases of pollution were detected. On Sunday, work continued on the site in the Leninsky district on the territory of the Opuksky State Nature Reserve in the village of Yakovenkovo, where pollution had previously affected a three-kilometer coastal strip.
The emergency response involves the forces of volunteers and employees of the reserve, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Crimean rescue unit "Crimea-saved".
On December 15, 2024, tankers Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 crashed in the Kerch Strait area, 27 sailors were evacuated, one of them died. According to the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, about 2,4 thousand tons of petroleum products got into the sea.
A federal emergency regime was introduced in Kuban. Rescuers and volunteers collect polluted soil on the shore, specialists remove the oil-water mixture from the water area and treat it with a sorbent. There are five centers in the region for the rescue of birds affected by fuel oil.
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