Villa Devoto: emergency operation due to toxic spill

The Firefighters of the City of Buenos Aires they had to carry out a extensive operation this Tuesday in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Devotofollowing a toxic spill of a cleaning product. The authorities revealed that there were no injuries or intoxications.

During the afternoon of the day, specialized personnel had to go to a business located at the intersection of Francisco Beiró and Campana avenues due to the toxic spill of a cleaning product.

Once they arrived at the place and, after talking with the owner of the premises, they found that it was a container that contained 50 kilograms of dichlorinated solid that broke and caused white smokeso the authorities were immediately notified.

There were no poisoning or injuries.

According to police sources, the personnel carried out the “corresponding sweep of the material and chlorine tablets were placed in plastic buckets for containment,” to NA.

Subsequently, the trade had to be evacuated in order as well as a 50-meter radius preventively, although minutes later everyone was able to return to their respective places.

Likewise, there was added a total traffic cutwhich lasted several more minutes as part of the operation that involved the presence of Firefighters and City Police, added to SAME personnel.

The store employee stated: “We brought the product to sell and when we were about to deliver it I had a temperaturewe opened it, smoke came out and we called the supplier.” In addition, he noted that he was affected even though there were no injuries or poisoning: “I swallowed a little smoke, but nothing serious, we’re all fine”in dialogue with the channel TN.

And he closed: “I’ve been working with this product for 10 years and it’s never happened to me.”