10 tons of fuel oil occurred in the village near Pskov

In the village of Mereda, the Pskov region, there was a spill of 10 tons of furnace fuel oil, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies said. At the site of the emergency, six employees of the department and equipment work.

Where exactly the spill of oil products occurred is not specified. The area of pollution is also unknown. Earlier it was reported that the fuel oil spilled on the territory of correctional colony No. 4, but later this information refuted to the Federal Penitentiary Service.

The regional prosecutor's office began checking information about the spill of fuel oil. "If there are grounds, based on the results of the audit, a complex of prosecutorial response measures will be adopted," the agency said in a statement.

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On the eve of Komi, due to damage to the oil pipeline, seven tons of oil occurred . An emergency occurred when employees of one of the organizations removed the old pipeline. The pollution area is 4800 square meters.