Authorities reported the recovery of two thousand bags of fuel oil from the seabed in Anapa

2,022 bags of fuel oil have been raised from the bottom of the Black Sea in Anapa, and work to clean the bottom in the village of Dzhemete is nearing completion, the authorities said. The shores of the Taman Peninsula are heavily polluted with oil products after the storm, volunteers reported.

"Caucasian Knot" wrote that from July 25 to August 19, the authorities did not record new emissions of fuel oil on the coast of Anapa, although volunteers during this period stated that emissions were continuing. On August 23, volunteers recorded emissions in the area of Lake Tuzla, and the "Dolphins" headquarters asked for help in cleaning the coast. After the storm on August 24, new emissions of oil products appeared on the coast .

From August 13 to 24, divers collected and raised 2,022 bags of fuel oil from the seabed in Anapa, the Kuban Operational Headquarters reported today. According to the department, work to clean the seabed continues in the village of Dzhemete, but has already “entered the final stage.”

New emissions of fuel oil from the seabed, provoked by storms, began on Saturday, August 23, and continued throughout the day on August 24. “Their scale reached the same level of coastal pollution that was recorded during the most difficult periods after the tanker accident,” the Dolphins volunteer headquarters said in today’s publication.

As the volunteers note, already solidified fractions of oil products mixed with algae are thrown out of the sea onto the shore, but in the sun this fuel oil “again acquires a liquid consistency.”

The headquarters representatives recorded the most powerful emissions of oil products in the area of the village of Volna. Over the course of a week, volunteers collected 548 bags of fuel oil along 5.5 kilometers of the coastline.

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