Ministry of transport: in the Black sea extinguished the fire on the tanker “Aframax Rio” off the coast of Sochi
The head of the Ministry of transport Andrei Nikitin held a meeting of the headquarters to eliminate the consequences of the attack on the tanker “Aframax Rio” off the coast of the Black sea. According to the ministry, open burning has been eliminated.
The head of the Ministry of transport Andrei Nikitin held a meeting of the headquarters to eliminate the consequences of the attack on the tanker “Aframax Rio” off the coast of the Black sea. According to the ministry, open burning has been eliminated.
The Ministry of Transport specified that pollution of the water area with oil cargo was not allowed. Rescue vessels are still on duty. The combined grouping of forces and means of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Defense and the Krasnodar Territory began to eliminate the consequences.
The fire began on October 6 after an attack by unmanned boats on the Aframax Rio tanker, which flies the Liberian flag. A crew of 23 Indian nationals was rescued and no injuries were reported. Because of the fire closed beaches and embankments in Sochi. Rosprirodnadzor said that it did not record pollution of the Black Sea after the fire.
