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How 15 minutes reported a representative of the Situation Coordination Division of the Fire Protection and Rescue Department (PAGD), the report was received on July 24 at 9.14 am.
At 9.20 am, the firefighters were already on the scene. It was found that 500 square meters heavily smoked. tide. In total, the company’s warehouses occupy 3 thousand. kv. meter.
Fortunately, there was no open fire – the roof did not catch fire, so to the knowledge of firefighters, the fire did not spread.
Up to 8 tanker trucks work on the site.
Environment Minister Simon Gentville also responded to the incident.
“Obviously, the new plans to adjust the handling of the tires planned for the fall cannot wait and we will start with them on Monday,” writes the minister.
Torgita specializes in the handling, collection and disposal of used tires. Specifications. service this company is already known – previously found violations: improperly stored tires.
After the tire fire that occurred on October 16, 2019, all tire recycling companies were inspected more closely at the Ekologistika company (firefighters struggled with the fire and its consequences for more than a week).
In November 2019, the Torgita de Zarasai company, which has been in business since 1997, considered closing. According to Ričardas Suslavičius, director of the company, the activity is not profitable, it is difficult to find buyers for the processed products. He then admitted that the company had exceeded the permitted storage of tires and that they had been stored in the wrong place outside the company premises.
The then Minister of the Environment, Kęstutis Mažeika, has said that the activities of this company could be banned due to violations.
According to data provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in the fall of 2019, Torgita was inspected 13 times, of which violations were detected 10 times in 4 years.
“I can’t remember a year in which we didn’t talk about this company. We impose fines every year, we inspect them every year ”, in October 2019 15 minutes said Eugenijus Andrejevas, head of the Zarasai Fire and Rescue Service.
The firefighters would probably go to the Torgita warehouses with their eyes closed, because they visit there regularly to inspect, they often lift the drone, they look for something that does not burn.
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