The ad hoc Committee: fire at the oil depot near Kiev did not cause harm to the environment

The fire at the oil depot "Belarusian Republican youth Union" in the village of glevaha near Kiev in June of this year did not cause harm to the environment, appropriate conclusions have been made by the members of the special division of the public Council under the Ministry of environment of Ukraine.

The fire at the oil depot "BRSM-Oil" in the village of Vasylkiv district Cracky appeared June 8 and was finally extinguished only on 16 June. Ecologists are assured that the danger to natural factors is not, however, promised to test the water and soil close to the fire. The first of July the state Inspection of Ukraine said that the results of analysis of surface water samples in the tank farm area showed that the concentration of harmful substances does not exceed norm. It was also noted about taking soil samples located close to the tank farm areas of the Kiev region.

"The members of the expert Commission came to the conclusion that, despite the General panic in the expert community and the media that accompanied the liquidation of the fire and assessing its impact, impartial, and objective laboratory studies of the components of natural factors, confirmed the conclusions about the environmental safety of the territory of the zone of influence of a fire for objects of natural factors and human health ", - reported in the report.

in a press-service of the Ministry of ecology and natural resources of Ukraine Also reported that the findings were made in the course of numerous studies of soil taken within a radius of 2, 5 kilometers around the oil depot, in independent European laboratories. In the end, it was announced that in addition to the probable pollution of the upper atmosphere, the Fire did not affect the area around the factory.


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