# No excessive pollution recorded in Sirius area amid tanker fire

https://mins.news/en/item/88569

- TASS, 2026-10-06 19:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/emergencies/2198473

> Pollutant concentrations in Russia’s Sirius Federal Territory remain within maximum permissible levels despite an oil tanker fire nearby in the Black Sea, Sirius head Dmitry Plishkin said. Air monitoring found concentrations several times below permissible limits and posing no health threat.

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