The key facts
- Three kilometers of coastline near the village of Penzenskoye in the Tomari district of Sakhalin have been cleaned
- Two more sites remain to be cleaned, their length not yet determined
- The source of the spill has not been identified, no oil slicks have been found in the Tatar Strait
Coastline cleanup on Sakhalin
Cleanup work to remove oil products from the coastline is underway in the Tomari district of Sakhalin Oblast, the district administration told RIA Novosti. A three-kilometer stretch of shore near the village of Penzenskoye has been cleaned. Work remains to be done at two more sites, the length of which has not yet been determined.
The situation is under control
The work began immediately after the oil product spill. According to the administration, there is no threat to residents of nearby settlements. No oil slicks have been detected in the waters of the Tatar Strait. The source of the spill has not yet been identified.
Similar incidents earlier
On October 16, it was reported that specialists and citizens had eliminated oil product spills in the coastal zone of Novorossiysk, discovered during monitoring; in total, about 300 meters of shoreline were cleaned. On September 15, it became known that about 170 tons of diesel fuel had spilled from a tank in Taimyr.
