"A grouping of forces and means of 274 people, 46 units of equipment, including 78 people from the Russian Emergencies Ministry, 21 units of equipment, is working on the spot," the ministry said.
A meeting of the regional Commission for the Prevention and Elimination of Emergencies was held at the scene.
The accident occurred on November 16, at the Novki-1 station of the Kameshkovsky district, 30 cars went off the rails, there was a spill of fuel oil from six tanks.
The injured railway worker was killed in the incident.
The area of the fuel oil slick at the site of the oil spill is 12.5 thousand square meters.
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