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September 9 around 2 pm 40 min. In the Kaunas district near the city of Karmėlava, a truck with a tanker carrying about 19 tons of diesel ran off the road and rolled over.
Diesel is leaking from the tank, police department guards were quick to report Wednesday night.
It is also noted that the Šešuva river is very close. At first, it was not known whether the contaminants could have entered the water.
The consequences of the event were recorded by the Facebook social media groups “Where are the police in Kaunas” and “Where mentai stands ”visitors. Her photos show that a heavy truck marked with the Orlen Lietuva company symbol was involved in the accident.
Facebook profile photo “Where are the police in Kaunas” / At the scene
The Fire and Rescue Department in turn 15 minutes reported that 3 tanker crews, a staff car and traffic were partially restricted at the crash site.
The first firefighters to arrive disconnected the battery, an attempt was made to seal the tank, the road was covered with sorbent and barriers were built in the river. A crane will be used to lift the tractor.
As Džiuginta Vaitkevičienė, a representative of the Kaunas Fire and Rescue Board, told BNS, there are numerous fire brigades, civil safety and environmental specialists working at the site.
“The river is protected by absorbent barriers that prevent pollutants from entering the water and soil,” said a firefighter.
According to her, civil protection specialists are trying to get sawdust to collect the pollutants and are looking for a hoist to open the tank.
Kaunas County Police Representative Odeta Vaitkevičienė told BNS that people were not injured during the incident, that traffic was not restricted.
It soon became clear that only about one cubic meter of fuel could enter the environment. This amount of pollutants has been controlled and has not been able to cause real damage to the environment. Kęstutis Celiešius, the head of the Jonava Environmental Protection Inspectorate of the Kaunas Board of the Department of Environmental Protection, who personally visited the site, mentioned that only the ground was damaged.
In the afternoon a powerful crane has already arrived at the scene of the accident that will try to lift the overturned tanker.
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