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Ancona, September 17, 2020 – The midnight barrels, as if it were New Years Eve. Actually the explosions, heard with some clarity from many parts of the city, they weren’t fireworks, but acetylene cylinders jumping. Chronicle of a hellish night in port of Ancona. A structural disaster, with more than half an area ex Tubimar to Zipa destroyed, which fortunately does not appear to have been related to an environmental emergency.
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And the data
Apart from the economic damage to concession companies of the spaces (Frittelli, Ase, Cpn, Cosmon, Asmon, Compa, Carmar and others) and the Port Authority itself, which obtained resources from the concessions / rentals, not inconsiderable, the good news comes from the health bulletin: no injuries and especially no victims. . According to Asur, until yesterday afternoon there had been no reported cases of people arriving at the city’s emergency room -Torrette, Salesi and Inrca- who revealed respiratory crises due to smoke dispersed in the atmosphere.
However, the smoke attacked various areas of the city, warning the mayor of Ancona, Valeria mancinelli, to issue an urgent order at dawn with which in fact closed all schools of all levels, including nurseries, as well as day centers for the disabled and urban parks.
Schools closed
Measure confirmed last night with a second ordinance, therefore schools out of service even today and the possibility of extending the closure until next week given the imminence of the regional vote and the seats that will be installed in many institutions. The strong smell of the burned material, in fact, it continued to attack the city even last night, after things seemed to have improved in the afternoon.
The fire was difficult to extinguish due to inaccessible points in the heart of the building (Photo). The risk of collapse of the charred structure, which materialized in many situations, did not allow entry to the interior. The causes of the fire are currently ruled out a malicious act, but some doubts remain.
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Investigations looking for any triggers
L’ex Tubimar It is not a supervised area and when the first witnesses noticed the flames, the fire was already out of control. At this time the track most credited by investigators – the mobile platoon of the Ancona police headquarters, the Noe carabinieri and the fire brigade investigation service – seems to be short circuit to photovoltaic system on the roof of part of the shed. A few more details could come in once the fire is finally extinguished and the area secured to look for any important triggers or clues.
Hell
When the other night the dull blows were joined by flames tens of meters high and a blanket of acrid smoke in the starry sky of a typical summer afternoon, then things changed. In a few minutes, shortly after midnight between Tuesday and yesterday, Ancona’s night was also broken by the sound of the sirens of the firefighters, who intervened en masse. The fire attacked (video), very quickly, the main warehouse inside the old Tubimar. Finding fertile ground, tons of easily flammable material, including foam rubber and plastic, the fire spread and destroyed everything in its path.
Terror: “Everything jumps here”
The cousin three hours were the most dramatic: “Go away, here you risk ruining everything” Police Flying Squad officers yelled at people carelessly approaching the fire’s epicenter. The fear that the fire could unleash a chain reaction as occurred forty days ago in the Lebanese port of Beirut (later repeated, also in this case at night, a few days ago) was concrete. For once the masks, deemed bothersome by the pandemic emergency, played a decisive protective role, even if the surgical ones could not contain the acrid smoke.
The bet today
50’s work went on all night firefighters dedicated to firefighting operations in the port area. Still active waste sprouts inside burned sheds that are unsafe and difficult to access while smoke emission has decreased.
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