Rosprirodnadzor did not find any pollution in the sea after the fire on the tanker near Sochi.

No pollution of the Black Sea water area and the coastline after the fire on the Aframax Rio tanker near Sochi has been detected, reported Rosprirodnadzor.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", in the evening of October 6, a fire broke out on the Aframax Rio oil tanker in the Black Sea near Sochi, after which beaches in Sirius were closed, and access to the embankments and beaches in Sochi was restricted. On October 7, the Ministry of Transport confirmed that the fire started after an attack by unmanned boats. 23 crew members were evacuated, and there were no injuries.

No pollution of the Black Sea water area and the coastline after the fire on the Aframax Rio tanker has been detected, Rosprirodnadzor reported today.

"Rosprirodnadzor is monitoring the coastal strip and the water area of the Black Sea after the fire on the tanker. Currently, there are no facts of pollution," the agency's message, quoted by "Interfax", said.

Recall that the Aframax Rio tanker was sailing under the flag of Liberia with a cargo of crude oil from Novorossiysk to India and, according to sources, was nearly fully loaded. Due to the intense burning of the oil, rescue vessels initially could not safely approach the tanker. Environmentalist Georgy Kavanoyan pointed out that the Aframax Rio has a carrying capacity of 107 thousand tons, while the carrying capacity of the tankers "Volgoneft" that sank in the Kerch Strait was up to five thousand tons each. In his assessment, a significant amount of oil could have burned during the fire, but there remained a risk of a large amount of oil entering the sea.