The truck transporting chemicals overturned on the M-5 highway in Bashkiria

An accident involving a Scania truck occurred on the M-5 highway in Bashkiria. A truck carrying chemicals overturned near the village of Iskra, the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

Due to the incident, harmful substances spilled into the ground. According to the rescuers, the heavy truck transported an emulsifier of cationic bitumen emulsions in liquid form in metal drums. The Ministry of Emergency Situations stressed that there is no threat to water bodies.

Emergency services are on the scene. All circumstances and details of the accident are established.