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Russia scrambles to contain Volga oil spill
Moscow (AFP) July 14, 2009 Russian authorities were scrambling Tuesday to contain a major oil spill on the Volga River after a barge ran aground when its captain fell asleep. The barge spilled two tonnes of oil products into Europe's longest river when it ran aground early Monday, creating a 12-kilometre (7.5 mile) slick, the emergency situations ministry said. "It was early morning and the captain fell asleep," Russian television said. Some 140 people and 40 equipment units, including a helicopter, have been involved in the operation to contain the slick, the ministry said in a statement Tuesday. A resident from the town of Oktyabrsk in the Samara region in central Russia complained that the spill has prevented locals from swimming. "We drove up and took a look. Indeed, you can't swim," television cited Sergei Kazakov as saying. The barge contained a total of 190 tonnes of oil products. The captain only contacted the emergency situations ministry an hour and a half after the incident took place, the television report said. The ministry did not say whether wildlife had been affected. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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