In this handout video grab released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry, ministry's members take part in a clean-up operation after fuel oil spilled into the Black Sea by two storm-wrecked Russian tankers was washed ashore, spreading over miles of the seacoast in Anapa, Russia. On December 15, the Russian Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport said that two oil fuel-laden tankers, Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239, had wrecked in the Kerch Strait during a storm. The tankers were estimated to carry about 9,200 tonnes of fuel oil, of which about 3,700 tonnes leaked into the sea.
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- Package: Russia Tankers Crash Aftermath
- Categories: Disasters & Accidents, Environmental Issues
- Location: Anapa, Krasnodar region, Russia
- Event date: 17.12.2024
- Date published: 17.12.2024
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Emergency Situations Ministry
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1300x873px, 590.6Kb
- Job-ID: 7e4f8eb1ec7c7947