Residents of Smolevichi noticed oily stains on the surface of the water in the local Plisa river, and also smelled a characteristic odor of petroleum products. The pollution was discovered in the area of Komsomolskaya street, the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection reported .

Specialists from the Republican Center for Analytical Control of the Ministry of Natural Resources promptly arrived at the scene. They took water samples to determine the concentration of harmful substances.
The ministry put forward a preliminary version that oils and technical liquids could have entered the storm sewer system. Heavy autumn rains might have washed them from urban areas and roads into surface runoff.
The exact source of the pollution is still being investigated.
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