Generalitat Bombers gave orders. Imprisonment of workers working in the industrial estate of the town of Constantí (Tarragona) after announcing fire in a sulfur company. Three people were affected. One in mild condition was transferred to Joan XXIII Hospital. The other two were discharged on the spot, according to Sistema d’Emergències Mèdiques.
Around four o’clock this Monday afternoon, after learning that the fire-affected company had sulfur in its warehouse, which can produce sulfur dioxide when burned, Civil Protection said. chemical hazard sirens for neighbors and workers to limit themselves in the nearest building. The prison was confined to the polygon and did not affect nearby towns. The wind is not pushing the smoke towards any population, according to the latest warning from the bombers.
burning sulfur pallets
The company consists of three different ships. One person not affected by the flames is protected by emergency personnel who sent 16 teams to the scene. There were flames on the roof of another ship, and according to Bombers these had already drowned. The third ship is in a more delicate situation: it has burning sulfur pallets. Firefighters’ work is focused on the following task: separate the burned from the not yet burned to stop the spread of fire. When this mission is over, the priority will be to put out the burning. Estimates are that they will be able to check the situation in the next few hours.
The event also led to the activation of Plaseqta, which was held within the framework of the first major chemical accident exercise ever held in Catalonia. Close to 65,000 people from Tarragona, Vila-seca, Canonja, Salou and Reus attended this ‘trial’ on Wednesday. The hypothesis of the alleged incident was a three kilometer radius chlorine leak at a company in the southern petrochemical estate. The test officially began at 6 pm and at 6:30 pm the chemical hazard sirens sounded. At that time, people in the collection area received an alert on their mobile phones. It is a State-run system that was first initiated in Catalonia.
Source: Informacion
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