From 60 to 90 tons gasolines got to the Lena River after collision of tankers in Kirensk district

@Vesti Irkutsk
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All of them saw, but could make nothing. The TR-901 tanker stood on repair. The crew only observed how "Erofey Habarov" crashed into them. On a vessel transported 832 tons gasolines AI-92. The blow punched one of capacities. In it there were 138 tons of fuel. On these shots it is accurately visible as gasoline flows to the Lena River. Rescuers about the incident learned not at once. "The owner of a vessel reported about accident too late. The delay of information made more than an hour. It affected the scale of incident and reaction of saving divisions" — the chief of Head department of Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and the Relief of Natural Disasters on the Irkutsk region Vyacheslav Fedoseenko speaks...