Angara region: A poisonous chemical was poured on the highway

Yesterday afternoon, 25 kilometers from the Ust-Kut on the Vilyui highway, the metal corrosion inhibitor was spilled. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region confirmed the editors of Siberia. Reali. The very fact of an accident. The truck lost seven barrels of a poisonous chemical during transportation, while only six of them were found, the UST-KUT24.ru portal reports.

At a meeting of the Emergency Commission, a representative of the company, who belongs to a dangerous cargo, suggested "washing the substance that does not pose a danger." The ecologist of the district administration, Natalya Plevichva, stated that the spilled metal corrosion inhibitor refers to the poisonous poisonous substances of the third hazard class - it is impossible to work with poison without a costume of chemical protection and gas mask.

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Experts said that to clean the canvas of the track, a whole range of measures should be carried out: to fill the spill with sawdust, clean, and then neutralize the remains of the poison with sodium bicarbonate. Road workers who removed barrels without any protection have already received chemical poisoning.

For the duration of the work, one strip of the Vilyui route was closed for travel.