Firefighters put out the fire that started at a silo of the Giurgiulești International Free Port on January 20, IPN reports, quoting the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations.
The fire was fully extinguished at about 1:30pm after firefighters during four days struggled to contain this. Heavy vehicles helped to disassemble all the components of the storage tower.
The Inspectorate for Environmental Protection ordered to suspend the activities of Danube Oil Company as from January 24, until the identified violations are dealt with. Also, theAgency for Technical Supervision ordered to demolish the noncompliant silos. The collected inspection material will be transmitted to the Prosecutor General’s Office for examination.
The fire that started on January 20 was preceded by a similar fire that occurred on January 16. As a result of the smoldering of over 1,000 tonnes of sunflower groats, the container collapsed. The first fire at the Giurgiulești Port happened on September 15 last year. Then, two metal silos with sunflower groats with the volume of 1,200 m3 each collapsed. On November 13, the temperature inside two of the four silos rose to 100℃ and one of these started to burn on December 30, while the groats were being taken out of the storage tower.
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