10 tonnes of oil spilt from tank cars in Buryatia train crash
ULAN-UDE. February 9. KAZINFORM. About 10 tonnes of crude oil were spilt from overturned tank cars as a result of a freight train crash in the Zaigrayevsky district of the Buryatia republic near the Chelutai station of the Trans-Siberian Railway; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
The press service of the East Siberian Railway (VSZD) told Itar-Tass on Monday that the "oil has been localised and reagents binding it have been delivered to the site."
According to the press service head Yevgeny Khokhryakov, "The cause of the accident is being ascertained, a commission headed by VSZD head Anatoly Krasnoshchekov is working." "Now we are pumping out the oil spill that has not got outside the railway bank," he said. "There is no fire danger as a result of the incident," Khokhryakov stressed.
More than 150 people have been engaged in the emergency liquidation efforts. According to the response headquarters, 75 metres of railway tracks, one traffic light and one turnout switch were damaged. Restoration trains have been working at the incident site, measures were taken to prevent the further spreading of the oil spill; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.