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Type of Event: | Oil Spill |
Location of Event: | Russian Federation |
Date of Charter Activation: | 2020-06-04 |
Time of Charter Activation: | 08:54 |
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 |
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.
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