Hefei Dongpu Reservoir Jingxian two "toxic" chemical barrel suspects discarded

Around 11:30 yesterday, 2 km north of the Hefei Ring Expressway at the Laoshan Crossing, the inspectors found two chemical barrels on the emergency lane, and they smelled of pungent odors 10 meters away. Judging from the suspicion that there is a highly toxic substance in it, we will immediately call the police. Where chemical barrels are found, it is adjacent to Dongpu Reservoir. Due to the uncertain properties of the items in the barrel, the relevant departments dared not act rashly until 19:50, before the Wushan Solid Waste Processing Center took 2 chemical barrels away for storage.

【Find】

Chemical tanks next to the "large water tank"

According to reports, at 11:30 on the same day, inspectors patrolled the Hefei Expressway to Hefei to the Huainan direction, 2 kilometers north of the Laoshan crossing, and found two blue chemical barrels on the high-speed emergency lane. The two barrels have the same specifications, about 1 meter in height and 0.5 meters in diameter, all covered by a lid. One of the chemical barrels was written with the words "hydraulic hydrazine," "corrosion," and "poisonous." Inspectors attempted to approach the observation, and when they were 10 meters away from the two barrels, they could smell a strong pungent smell of ammonia.

The location of the incident was extremely sensitive. Not far from the north side was Dongpu Reservoir. Moreover, the highway on which the chemical barrels are located is a north-south drainage channel under the roadbed.

【deal with】

Fire Dilutions and Alerts

A large number of disposal personnel from the area's public security, Jinggang police station, and Jinggang fire squadron arrived at the scene. According to Jiang Tao, the squadron leader of the Jinggang fire squadron, firefighters rushed to the scene, lodging in the chemical barrels, and continuous liquid flow through the lid. Gap, leaking slowly outwards, smelling pungent.

The firefighter immediately straightened the bucket and noticed that the bucket had been smashed by the label and it was suspected to be the word “hydraulite”. Hydrated hydrazine is a chemical raw material that is toxic, highly corrosive, and spontaneously ignites. Jiang Tao told reporters that in order to prevent liquid leakage in the barrel, the fire department first diluted the ground and set up alert at the site. Firefighters then dial 110 to notify the other relevant authorities.

Toss 8 hours before dare to go away

Afterwards, the safety supervision department of Hefei City intervened to coordinate disposal. At 15 o'clock, Hefei City Environmental Protection Bureau inspection station sent technical personnel to the scene to extract the liquid sample in the barrel and bring it back to the EPA for testing. Later, Hefei Wushan Solid Waste Disposal Co., Ltd. received a notice from the Hefei Environmental Protection Bureau and dispatched personnel to the scene to dispose of it. “The company said that it has no ability to dispose of this kind of thing. If it does not pull it away, it will go back.”

At 17 o'clock, the leader of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Lushan District came to the scene with relevant personnel. According to the report, the inspection report of the Hefei Environmental Protection Bureau's inspection station initially determined that these unknown liquids in the chemical barrels were residues of pesticides. Hefei Emergency Office and other relevant departments were contacted. At 19:40, the Wushan Solid Waste Disposal’s hazardous chemicals transport vehicle was returned to the site. Three staff members put on chemical protective clothing and transported two chemical barrels to the car. Back to company storage.

The reporter calculated that it took more than 8 hours from the discovery of the two chemical barrels to being carried away. According to relevant personnel, the two chemical barrels are likely to be deliberately thrown in here.

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