At 12:00 a.m. on December 6, 2021, a traffic accident occurred in the water drain exit section of the North Second Ring Airport Expressway of Shenhai Expressway. A tanker truck collided with a truck, and a large amount of gasoline leaked at the scene.
Through the on-site investigation, the oil tank truck tank body consists of 5 independent oil tanks. Among them, the four tanks in front of store 26 tons of oil and 5 tons of tail tank. The leakage point is on the edge of the tail tank . After colliding with the truck, tore a irregular leakage opening about 20 cm long and 5 cm wide. There is a large oil stain on the ground of and it continues to flow to the roadside drainage ditch. The air is filled with a strong smell of gasoline. It was found that about 3 tons of gasoline had leaked on the site. If it is not handled in time, the consequences will be unimaginable.
After understanding the situation, the on-site firefighting commander immediately arranged the team members to set up combat units such as fire extinguishing and cooling team, rescue team, evacuation warning team, etc. . cooperated with the police to alert the scene and prohibit unrelated personnel and vehicles from entering. At the same time, after the fire extinguishing team took anti-static measures, they set up water cannons at the leakage point to cover the cooling tanks with foam, and dilute the leaked gasoline at the scene.
After more than five hours of joint efforts by multiple departments on site, , the leakage outlet of the oil tank body of was successfully blocked, and the tank body was successfully transferred, and the sewage on site was also recovered. avoided the occurrence of a major disaster. Due to scientific and timely disposal, no casualties were caused by the accident, and the cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Source丨Guangdong Fire Protection
