While reluctantly agreeing, Kazakhstan said it feared that highly toxic fuel had contaminated water and soil over a huge area.

ECONOMIST: Kazakhstan

"The sails had been blown out, so they had no sails, and the fuel was contaminated with water, so they had no engines, " he said.

BBC: Lifeboat (gen)

What the city does have is contaminated standing water and soil, downed power lines and limited automobile fuel.

CNN: Feds, locals out of sync on repopulation