{"id":76633,"date":"2022-03-21T13:36:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=76633"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T13:36:54","slug":"ammonia-leak-contaminates-area-in-east-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=76633","title":{"rendered":"Ammonia leak contaminates area in east Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> An ammonia leak at a chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has contaminated an area with a radius of more than 2.5 kilometers (about 1.5 miles), officials said early Monday.<\/p>\n

Sumy regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy didn\u2019t say what caused the leak.<\/p>\n

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The Sumykhimprom plant is on the eastern outskirts of the city, which has a population of about 263,000 and has been regularly shelled by Russian troops in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the center of Sumy, there is no threat now, since the wind does not blow on the city,\u201d said Zhyvytskyy.<\/p>\n

He said the nearby village of Novoselytsya, about 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) southeast of Sumy, is under threat.<\/p>\n

Emergency crews were working to contain the leak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: An ammonia leak at a chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has contaminated an area with a radius of more than 2.5 kilometers (about 1.5 miles), officials said early Monday. Sumy regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy didn\u2019t say what caused the leak. The Sumykhimprom plant is on the eastern outskirts of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":76634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n