Putin orders state of emergency after huge fuel spill inside Arctic Circle
by Staff and agencies in Moscow from on (#54961)
President lambasts power plant owner for not reporting earlier' incident bigger than Kerch spill
Vladimir Putin has ordered a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel spilled into a river inside the Arctic Circle.
The spill occurred when a fuel reservoir at a power plant near the city of Norilsk collapsed on Friday.
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