what is currently going on in the power plant

Rima Aukštuolytė, a communications partner of the power plant, explained to Kauno. Diena.lt that this power plant was brought to recycling after sorting – waste obtained from waste managers is no longer sorted here.

« They are briefly stored in our bunker until energy turns, » said R. Aukštuolytė.

The spokeswoman added that the investigation officers would answer the reasons for the fire.

According to preliminary data, the fire came from lithium batteries. The circumstances are adjusted. The fire was liquidated Thursday before midnight.

As we have already announced, 5:54 p.m. The fire broke out in the waste sorting room.

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R. Aukštuolytė stated that when the fire began, the work of the power plant had not stopped, only natural gas used instead of waste.

« Currently, waste in the bunker is preventively digged and cast with water. While the fire resolution and damage evaluation of the effects of the power plant is being restored, we informed the waste managers that we cannot accept the waste at the moment.

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During the fire, the interior of the building and the waste in it burned. People did not suffer.