The czech republic. A state of danger after a train disaster with poisonous benzene
The railway disaster took place on February 28, when a train with tons of over 1000 tons of benzene derailed in the town of Hustopecze over the barrel. According to preliminary findings, the composition entered the crossover at an excessive speed. A fire broke out, most of the 17 wagons took care of fire, and about 350 tons of poisonous substance got into groundwater.
The czech republic. A state of danger after a train disaster with poisonous benzene
By the decision of the Olomouc Voivode Ladislav, the icing of the threat, the first on the scale of crisis management, applies from the south on Friday and will last a month. It is to allow faster reclamation of contaminated soils and water, and above all to prevent the water of the Barczwa River.
In the settlement of recreational houses located near the disaster, contamination was found in one of the wells.
Shortly after the announcement of a state of danger, the local Fisheries Association He informed on his website that a dangerous level of benzene concentration was found in the retention reservoir in the immediate vicinity of the disaster. Fishermen found the presence of benzene not only at the surface of the water, but also at the bottom of the lake.
As reported on Friday, a representative of the Stanislav Parnicky association, no mass dreaming of fish has been observed so far, but he appealed to accelerate preventive measures.
Between the place of the disaster and the reservoir, the firefighters and the company rented by local authorities build a metal dam reaching seven meters deep into the land. It is to stop the leakage of the poisonous substance to the lake and groundwater.
Benzene is a carcinogenic, toxic substance
The Ministry of the Environment wanted a state of danger He was introduced earlier, but the voivode of Olomouc refused, demanding a guarantee of covering the costs of surgery. He received her on Thursday evening. The shelter estimated that the damage caused by derailment and fire will be about 1 billion crowns (about PLN 170 million).
Benzene is a carcinogenic, toxic substance used for production, among others plastics, dyes, detergents, pesticides, and formerly used as a solvent and a component of engine fuels.
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(Source: PAP, Fakt)
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The authorities of the Olomouckie country (voivodship) in the east of the Czech Republic announced in the region in connection with the railway disaster, as a result of which a poisonous benzene leakage occurred, which began to soak through the soil into groundwater.
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The Czech government talks about the largest contamination of this type.
