A fire broke out at an oil reserve in the Irkutsk region’s Angarsk on August 21st, forcing the evacuation of 300 employees.
Reports suggest that a storage tank containing around 5,000 cubic meters of crude oil caught fire at a site operated by the company Diteco.
It is believed to have taken firefighters more than a day to extinguish the flames which engulfed the site.
There are no reports of deaths and local officials stressed that the fire posed no threat to the general population.
Related reading:
- CSB calls for greater regulation of reactive chemicals
- Safety concerns discovered at Dutch storage firms
- CSB applauds oil refinery safety report
- US safety board expected to reprimand OSHA
- Seveso puts public opinion at the heart of safety policies
- Legislative alert: Seveso 3
- Free PPE training for your site
