The Prosecutor General's office called the cause of the accident in Norilsk

the Reason of depressurization of the tank with oil at the CHP-3 in Norilsk was subsidence and the concrete platform underneath it. About it told the official representative of the Prosecutor General Andrey Ivanov.

currently, the investigating authorities continue verification activities in connection with the industrial accident that happened in Norilsk. This was reported on the website of the Prosecutor General. Already there is evidence, according to which the cause was subsidence and the concrete platform underneath it.

Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov after the incident instructed to conduct inspections of hazardous production facilities in areas of permafrost. The decision was taken to prevent the recurrence of such a situation. The audits will assess the enterprises comply with laws during the operation of hazardous production facilities.

the Depressurization of one of the tanks and spilling fuel and lubricants on-site CHP-3 of JSC “NTEK” took place on 29 may. The incident resulted in the spillage of about 21 thousand cubic meters of fuel. On the territory of the Krasnoyarsk region in connection with the incident introduced a state of emergency at the Federal level.