In "Roskosmos" showed a fuel spill in Norilsk from a satellite

Traces of pollution, as well as boom barriers on the river, are visible on the slopes.

Roscosmos performs space monitoring of a fuel spill in Norilsk using the Russian orbital group # ERS # Orbital groups Pic.twitter.com / 2CIFnynVAL

The incident occurred on May 29 at TPP-3 of Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company JSC. Fuel leakage exceeded 20 thousand tons. The area of ​​pollution in the city amounted to 180 thousand square meters. m

The prosecutor's office reported that three criminal cases had been opened on this fact. The Investigative Committee also opened a criminal case of negligence due to untimely reporting of a diesel spill.

Ecologist Andrei Frolov, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, commented on the situation with the spill of diesel fuel.