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Chlorine gas production is declining, but Pannonia Bio Zrt’s ethanol plant still needs to be protected. In Dunaföldvár, where an industrial accident occurred on Friday morning, disaster management told MTI on Friday evening.
Péter Köves, Tolna County Disaster Management Spokesperson, said the mobile disaster management laboratory is making continuous measurements in the immediate vicinity of the accident, and the Kalocsa fire brigade continues to block the spread of chlorine gas with a protective beam . The gas concentration level in the air outside the protection zone is still below the danger limit, neither the surrounding plants nor the population are in danger.
As the Index previously wrote, a 4,500-liter hippo stored in a 6-cubic-meter tank was mixed with 400 liters of nitric acid for previously unclear reasons, resulting in the release of significant amounts of chlorine gas and sickened many. at the plant site.
The incident affected 47 plant employees, 28 of whom were taken to a hospital for examination and three are being held indoors for observation.
Pál Győrfi, spokesman for the National Ambulance Service, reported that thirteen people had suffered serious poisoning and 15 mild poisoning. Symptoms of gas poisoning included sore throat, tearing, coughing, and shortness of breath. The wounded were taken to the Dunaújváros, Székesfehérvár, Szekszárd and Kecskemét hospitals for care and observation.
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