40 tons of oil spilt in Kurgan oblast, informed press-service of local Emergency administration. "The accident occurred 1.5 km away from Kozino settlement in Shuchansky district at midnight. As a result of "Ufa-Omsk" gasoline line rupture on 473-th km a gasoline of "A-76" sort has spilt", - informed the source. By tentative data, the volume of spilt gasoline amounts to 40 tons. Operative group of regional Emergency Ministry work on place of accident. There is no threat to population or environment. Emergency-repair works are being conducted, added representative of Emergency Ministry. By his words, presumable cause of pipeline rupture is landslide because of frost penetration.