Appeared on the Angara River 10-mile oil slick!

Because of the illegal tapping of oil mills one of the Irkutsk region in the Angara River fell about 2 tons of oil, formed a slick 10 kilometers long, which goes to the three settlements in the region, said Wednesday at a local State Emergency.

The report on the oil slick has received about 19.00 (14.00 GMT). "According to some data, found a spot about ten miles long, the estimated mass of spilled diesel fuel - two tons," - said in a statement.In connection with the incident was halted withdrawals Cheremkhovo district, located downstream of the Angara River and provides drinking water to cool the city Cheremkhovo (55 000 inhabitants), Svirsky (14 thousand 300 inhabitants) and the village Mikhaylovka (7000 500 inhabitants), RIA "Novosti" .Meanwhile, as has been found and eliminated the illegal tie-in pipeline, which was made at the plant Rosrezerva "Baikal" in Usolye-Siberian. At the present time, "the expiration of oil dropped."To place a group of emergency rescue workers went to the booms and 300 kilograms of sorbent. In place of the departed as director of the Angarsk branch "Vostoknefteprovod."The situation is under control of the Irkutsk Region Governor Dmitry Mezentsev. "The question on the water supply of a water carrier for the population. Informing the public is done through the control of the company. Heating of the population is in normal mode.Threats to life of the population there, "- the report says.