Fire still blazes in Lukoil’s Komi oil field

The fire in Lukoil’s oil field in Shchelyabozh, near the Komi town of Usinsk, started 10th April and has since created a column of black smoke visible for tens of kilometers away. A representative of the company now says to 7x7-journal that new efforts are taken to extinguish the fire and the local population has been informed about. There are two wells burning, the both belong to the Alabushina field. On site are personnel and equipment from Lukoil and the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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