Dispatch of a Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Expert Team in response to a Fire Accident at a Petroleum Refining Plant in Khabarovsk region, Russia

August 11, 2011
Japanese

On Thursday, August 11, the Government of Japan decided to dispatch a Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) expert team (one physician specializing in burn injuries and one nurse), following a request from the Government of Russia, in response to a fire at a petroleum refining plant in Khabarovsk region, Russia.
In response to a fire that broke out on Sunday, August 7, at a petroleum refining plant in Khabarovsk region, Russia, injuring five (among which two suffered full-body burns), on the night of Wednesday, August 10, the Russian Government requested the dispatch of a Japanese expert team specializing in burn injuries.
The JDR team is scheduled to leave for Russia from Narita Airport on Thursday, August 11.

(*This is a provisional translation. The above date denotes the date of the issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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