Oil spill in Russia
A state of emergency was declared by Russian authorities after 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River near the Siberian city of Norilsk after a fuel tank at a power station collapsed.
The spill is reported to have contaminated a 350 sq km area as oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River affecting around 7 miles downstream.
Disaster management teams deployed booms to prevent the oil from spreading further and to prevent contamination from entering Lake Pyasino and the Kara Sea.
- Type of event
- Oil Spill
- Location of event
- Russian Federation
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2020-06-04
- Time of Charter Activation
- 07:47
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+03:00
- Charter Requestor
- Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM)
- Activation ID
- 655
- Project Management
- ROSCOSMOS
- Value Adding
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