"It smells very strongly of chemicals and chlorine": fog covers the Ufa-Orenburg highway.
Driving along the R-240 road from the village Novaya Vasilyevka (near Sterlitamak) to the city Salavat Officially banned for all types of transport "due to limited visibility," the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Bashkortostan reported.
At the same time, residents of Sterlitamak and Salavat complain the smell of "chemistry" - since yesterday:
"It's like dust, or soda, or cement, it's irritating my throat and eyes," "It smells very strongly of chemicals and chlorine <…> Visibility is poor, it stinks of gas, it's impossible to breathe. How long can they poison people..." "Allergy sufferers have experienced a severe rash, their skin is covered in itchy, bloody crusts, it's pure hell."- share city residents on social networks.
There's fog in the Sterlitamak mayor's office. explained An anticyclone and light winds are causing "accumulation of substances in the ground layers of the atmosphere." A special regime has been introduced in the city, and businesses have been ordered to reduce emissions by 20-40%. Restrictions for businesses have been announced in Salavat.
The republic's Ministry of Ecology reported that exceedances of maximum permissible concentrations of pollutants in these cities were observed previously on November 26 and 27.