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At the General Assistance Center at 1:14 pm, a report was received about a truck with a burning gas tank on Normandijos-Nemuno street.
People on Facebook share pictures of the scene. You can see here that the firefighters in the meadow are trying to put out the fire. There are even several teams working.
The General Assistance Center (BPC) writes in a press release that at 1:14 pm The General Assistance Center received a notification on the 112 emergency number for the Alytus district. sav., Punia sen., Panemuninkėlių village, Normandijos-Nemuno str. a tractor with a gas tank burns.
Alytus PGT fire and rescue forces were dispatched to the scene.
For the news portal tv3.lt, a BPC spokeswoman told the media that the fire was large, so large forces were launched.
“It just came to our attention then. The road was blocked by police officers from both sides,” Vilma Juozevičiūtė said.
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Edita Zdanevičienė, representative of the Fire and Rescue Department, informed BNS that the burning gas tank had been connected to the gas column and that there were three more gas trucks nearby.
According to preliminary data, the gas ignited when it was pumped.
“A large number of firefighters were sent to the event: seven tankers, autopaders. Police assistance was also requested to restrict traffic on the nearby, well-traveled road, ”said E. Zdanevičienė.
According to E. Zdanevičienė, there are no residential houses near the column, residents are not in danger.
Currently, firefighters carry out cooling and extinguishing work.
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A report released by Amber Grid claims that the fire occurred in the evaporator of a gas carrier that supplied gas to the Alytus gas distribution station. The equipment belongs to the Polish company Duon.
The fire broke out during the planned connection of the branch of the international GIPL gas pipeline to the Lithuanian gas transmission system.
“As a result of these works, after disconnecting the main pipeline to the Alytus gas distribution station, gas was supplied to gas consumers in the Alytus district from a special liquefied natural gas carrier delivered from Poland for three days.” the company said.
Before entering the pipeline, the liquefied gas evaporates in a special evaporator, causing a fire.
According to Amber Grid, gas continues to be supplied to Alytus consumers.
Currently, firefighters carry out cooling and extinguishing work. It is clarified whether all safety requirements have been met during work.
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