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Wed, 06/01/2011 - 08:22
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Six petrol trucks involved in eliminating oilspill on Sakhalin

VLADIVOSTOK, June 1 (Itar-Tass) - Six petrol trucks are involved in
eliminating an oilpsill after three oil tank-cars swerved off the rails.
The trucks are to pump the spilt petroleum products out on Wednesday.
Following that, the 20-tonne tank-cars by means of heavy-duty machinery
will be put back on track, the press service of the Russian Ministry for
Emergencies (RME) center for Sakhalin Region announced.
The derailment incident occurred on Tuesday at the 40th kilometre of
the Pobedino- Pervomaiskoye railway leg in Smirkhykh District (central
Sakhalin). The railway branch affected is not a mainline. Therefore the
incident did not lead to any interruptions in train traffic along the
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk- Nogliki route.

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