Fog hangs over St. Petersburg for the second day, and residents talk about the smell of burning. They write about it “paper” and “Fontanka”.
AccuWeather service resides Air quality in the city is “poor” (62) – “Air pollution has reached a high level, which is unsafe for people with hypersensitivity.” The paper notes that this number was higher in the morning – 103.
March 27 St. Petersburg Natural Resources Committee Released Warning of “adverse weather conditions” due to which harmful substances accumulate in the atmosphere and smog and “unpleasant odors” may appear. It will continue until March 31. Similar message published In the Ministry of Emergency Situations of St. Petersburg: “On March 28, 29 and 30, unfavorable weather conditions are expected to contribute to air pollution.” The committee considered the calm to be one of the reasons for these conditions.
Forecaster Alexander Kolesov said that the warning issued by the Ministry of Emergency Situations is due to the fact that there will be no rain or wind in St. Petersburg over the weekend. In his opinion, the fog in the city sky has nothing to do with the fire that broke out in the port of Ust-Luga, which was attacked by Ukrainian drones.
“The wind directions from Ust-Luga to St. Petersburg are the same, but this is a different phenomenon. The plume comes here, but it comes at a high altitude and does not stabilize. The city is polluted mainly by cars,” Kolesov said.
The website “Warning, News” reported that on March 27, residents of St. Petersburg began receiving SMS messages from the Ministry of Emergency Situations about “adverse weather conditions.” Ecologist Zora Kavanosyan said the term is used in cases where a city is “exposed to as little wind as possible” — for example, with light winds or calm.
On the night of March 25, Ukraine launched a massive drone strike in the Leningrad region. One of the targets of the attack was the port of Ust-Luga, a major port for exports in the Baltic region: crude oil and petroleum products pass through it, as well as coal, iron ore, fertilizers and liquid chemicals. The drone strike caused a huge fire to break out in the port. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine later reported that the tank farm and equipment for loading oil and oil products were damaged. A Astra source claimed that the attack damaged three oil tankers, five fuel tanks, three berths and Novatek facilities. In the Government of the Leningrad Region in the afternoon of March 26 maleThe fire in the port has been identified.