Authorities announced the number of rescuers sent outside Tuapse to clean beaches.

Only 56 rescuers are cleaning up oil spills on the beaches of Olginka, Nebug, Yuzhny, Tyumenskoye, and Novomikhaylovskoye; authorities are calling the spills "local." In Tuapse itself, three thousand cubic meters of contaminated soil have been collected in 24 hours. Residents have been advised not to drink tap water.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on April 28, a drone attack caused a fire at the Tuapse oil refinery. Residents were evacuated from the area surrounding the refinery, and the governor of the Krasnodar Territory announced the evacuation of approximately 70 people. Today, authorities reported the fire contained. The smell of burning from the third drone-related fire since mid-April can be felt beyond Tuapse, according to local residents. Some of them left the city, fearing the health risks of combustion products. On the morning of April 30, authorities reported that the fire at the oil refinery had been extinguished.

Kuban-SPAS personnel are cleaning up oil spills in five areas. Work is underway within the boundaries of the villages of Olginka and Nebug and the settlements of Yuzhny, Tyumensky, and Novomikhaylovsky, the Krasnodar Krai task force reported. From April 27 to 29, 5,500 bags of contaminated soil were collected and removed, according to the report. Authorities described the emissions as localized and reported that 56 people were participating in the cleanup. The main oil spill recovery effort is currently ongoing in Tuapse, at the river mouth and along a coastline stretching approximately 1 km, the report states. This morning, authorities reported that 12,656 cubic meters of contaminated soil and water-oil mixture had been collected and removed from Tuapse. In just one day on April 29th, nearly 3,000 cubic meters of oil-contaminated soil, pebbles, and water-oil mixture were collected and removed.

"Well done for officially reporting this. 56 Kuban-Spas lifeguards at 5 beach sites outside the city," commented ecologist Roman Pukalov.

Blogger Yuri Ozarovsky also posted a message about the beach cleanup on his Telegram channel. "Local emissions are simply a euphemism for 'oil lying on the shore.' This happens regularly in the Tuapse district, they just kept quiet about it before. Now at least they're cleaning it up," commented IDeleter|Reputation Protection.

City authorities reported on the street cleanup after the oil rain. "Employees from the Department of Integrated Territory Improvement are tidying up the city center. They are using specialized equipment to clean roads, fences, and benches. Workers are also painting curbs and fences," the city administration reported.

Emergency crews in Tuapse have restored power lines to all homes that were out due to the fire at the oil refinery, the task force also reported.

Tuapse residents have been advised not to drink untreated water.

"Due to the introduction of a regional state of emergency in the Tuapse district, precautionary measures are in effect. For safety reasons, a temporary restriction on the use of raw water is being introduced," the Kuban Ministry of Health reported on its Telegram channel.

Furthermore, on April 24, after booms broke due to rising water levels in the Tuapse River, an oil spill occurred into the Black Sea. Authorities declared the spill "local," but the oil spill spread to nearby villages. Fuel oil has spread over a large area, and it is being cleaned up mainly by volunteers, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" on April 26.

The oil spill that entered the Black Sea after the drone attack in Tuapse is expanding, and the environmental outlook for the coast is bleak, as are the prospects for the resort season, scientists noted.

Materials about the consequences of the fuel oil spills in the Kerch Strait and Tuapse have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban". Data on the scale of coastal pollution was collected by the Caucasian Knot in the reference material "Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait".