OREANDA-NEWS. June 23, 2011. The project of underground holders for storage of liquefied gas reserves for the Olympic flame was approved by state ecological expert examination.
Due to this project the Olympic flame will continue blazing, even if the fuel supply along the main line is stopped.

The site will be located in the center of Imeretinskaya Lowland. A main pipeline and an emergency fuel supply system of the facility are to maintain constant flame in the bowl. Upon completion of XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in the city of Sochi the underground holders will be dismantled.

The strict project requirements for sewage treatment and prevention of atmospheric, water, soil pollution for the stages of construction, operation and dismantling were highly appraised by the scientists and ecologists of the expert committee.

The Olympic flame will be emblazed in Sochi during the opening ceremony, and it will be blazing continuously till the end of the Games.