Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency on June 4, 2020 after a massive fuel spill in the Arctic Circle. At least 20,000 tonnes of diesel leaked from a power plant in Norilsk last week and spilled into the Ambarnaya River in Siberia, making it turn red. The major diesel spill reportedly took place on May 29, 2020 after a fuel tank at a power plant ruptured in the Siberian city of Norilsk. The city is located above the Arctic Circle in north-central Russia.
More than 20,000 tons of diesel oil spilled into the Ambarnaya River from a broken tank at a power plant in Norilsk, 1,800 miles from Moscow, last Friday.
Booms were laid across the river to prevent the oil from flowing into a lake downstream that feeds another river leading to the environmentally delicate Arctic Ocean.
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