Divers collected 920 bags of fuel oil off the coast of Anapa in a week

920 bags of soil with fuel oil were collected by divers in a week from the bottom of the pier in Dzhemete.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, from August 13 to 24, divers raised from the seabed in Anapa 2022 bags of fuel oil, the Kuban operational headquarters stated. The regional authorities emphasized that the cleaning of the seabed in the village of Dzhemete has already entered "the final stage." 337 bags of soil contaminated with fuel oil were collected from August 25 to 3.

920 bags of fuel oil were raised from the seabed in Anapa from September 4 to 10, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported today. "In the village of Dzhemete in Anapa, work is being completed to clean the seabed from oil products. On September 10, divers collected and pulled 27 bags of oil-contaminated soil to the shore in the pier area," the report says.

Recall that on December 15, 2024, two tankers with fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. As a result, a crew member of one of the tankers died. In addition, there was a spill of oil products, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait".

As a result of the environmental disaster, Rospotrebnadzor declared 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk district unsuitable for recreation. Fuel oil was found on all beaches in Anapa, on the coast in the Temryuk district and on the coast of the Sea of Azov in the Slavyansk district of Kuban, according to the Caucasian Knot report "The extent of fuel oil pollution in southern Russia".