Fire at the Energesman Waste Management Factory: Named Losses

« At 1:44 p.m., the liquidation of the fire today is announced. Currently, five more tankers, staff staff, waste are being harvested and littering in certain places, » Nerijus Statkus, Chief of Vilnius Fire and Rescue Board, said at a press conference on Monday in the capital’s municipality.

« The work will take some time, but there is no danger to the population, » he added.

According to N. Statkus, the burning building is irregularly shaped, about 210 meters long and about 92 meters wide.

« During the fire, about 7.5 thousand square meters of building burned down, » the Vilnius PGV chief noted.

The Energesman, whose factory was a fire, is the main sorter of waste in the capital.

To his knowledge, garbage and sorting facilities were burning in the factory.

« There were no people in the building, we did the extinguishing work inside the building. It was sent to residents to close the windows and as little as possible, » Statkus said.

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According to him, firefighters reported a strong pump before reaching the scene.

« The arriving forces first performed fire extinguishing inside the building. It was difficult to enter the inside of the building because of the very strong influx and high temperature, » explained Statkus.

At the scene, a total of 13 tankers, two autocons and a lift, and a rescue coordination headquarters was established. Three tankers contributed to work from Panevezys, Anykščiai and Utena.

As soon as the Police Department said on Monday, a pre -trial investigation was initiated as a result of a fire.

BNS wrote that a fire report at Jočionių str. 13, received on Sunday before 8 p.m. in the morning. The fire officers were informed by a security guard about the fire.

Entering the building itself was difficult due to the fact that there was a very strong influx and high temperature.

People did not suffer during the fire.

The Energesman company said in its report that the fire may have arisen from the improperly discarded waste, but the arson is not excluded.

Mixed and food municipal waste from all over Vilnius county is sorted by the capital’s Energesman. The factory sorts about 220 thousand. tons of waste.

The Department of Environmental Protection will evaluate the damage done

The Department of Environmental Protection (AAD) will evaluate what waste and their quantities have burned down at the Energesman waste management plant in the capital, says Giedrius Kadziauskas, head of the department. According to him, potential damage will be evaluated and environmentally friendly.

« AAD officials start work, assessing what waste and their quantities burned and the potential environmental damage caused, » G. Kadziauskas said at a press conference on Monday.

It is likely that the AAD manager said that some extinguishing water had entered the Neris River when the fire began to relieve the fire.

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“At the beginning of the incident, some water probably entered the Neris through the surface sewage system, but a very quickly found solution with colleagues of Grinda and Vilniaus vandenys. The damper and extinguishing water were closed in the temporary system and transported by cars to a temporary tank where it is still stored, ”he said.

« This sewage water, extinguishing water will be evaluated and later transferred to suitable waste managers, » added G. Kadziauskas.