Cars from Antwerp city center for a while by dangerous oil trail: streets in the meantime released back (Antwerp)
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A large part of the city center of Antwerp was closed for two hours on Saturday afternoon for all car traffic due to a dangerous oil trail. That has since been cleaned up and the streets in the center have since been released again.
Around 11 am, the police closed a number of streets in the center of Antwerp, in the vicinity of Sint-Andries and the Wilde Sea, for traffic.
A dangerous oil trail ensured slippery. The police also ask pedestrians and cyclists to be careful.
The fire brigade started cleaning up the oil. « Due to an oil trail, it is dangerously slippery in the vicinity of the Wilde Sea, » said the Antwerp police « , among other things, in the Groendaalstraat, Lombardenvest, Korte Gasthuisstraat, Schrijnwerkerstraat, Wiegstraat, Steenhouwersvest. The fire brigade Antwerp and the civil protection still have several hours of work to clear the oil trail. Be careful! »
A little after 1 p.m. the city was able to report that it is « everywhere safe » and that traffic can go through again. « Some clean products still have to work. We will continue to clean everything tomorrow, » the city still writes on X.
An oil trail was also drawn on the Sint-Jansvliet, near the pedestrian tunnel. – © GRVR
