Environmentalists took soil samples at the scene of an accident involving an oil tanker in the Yutazinsky district

26 May 2022, Thursday

The Priiksky territorial administration of the Ministry received a message through the "Single Duty Dispatch Service" about an oil spill as a result of an accident on the Aznakaevo-Utaza highway. Not far from the village of Karakashli, a Scania fuel tanker overturned into a ditch, resulting in a leak of crude oil. Inspectors together with employees of the Environmental Supervision Department promptly went to the site and took soil samples. The total area of contamination was 25 sq.m. Oil spill response equipment, rescuers and an ambulance also arrived at the scene of the accident. The driver was taken to the hospital.