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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, December 13 (Xinhua) – Twenty-three railway tank cars carrying fuel oil derailed on Saturday at the Chais station of the Kuibyshev Railway in Russia's Penza region after a locomotive collided with a freight train, Russian Railways reported on its Telegram channel.
"Russian Railways is taking all necessary measures to minimize the impact of the fuel oil spill at the site in the Penza region. Today, two locomotives and 23 tank cars carrying fuel oil derailed at the Chais station in the Penza region," the statement reads.
Specialists from the Russian Railways environmental laboratory and Ecospas were dispatched to the scene. The fuel oil spill has been contained to an area adjacent to the embankment, with the initial contamination estimated at 750 square meters. Service at Chais station has been temporarily suspended.
The Kuibyshev Railway previously reported that there were no injuries as a result of the collision between a shunting locomotive and a freight train and the derailment of the cars.
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