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several tank trucks leaked in a parking lot in zibo, causing poultry deaths, villagers seeking medical treatment, and green plants withering

2024-09-05

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jimu news reporter shu longhuan

recently, villagers in xinxing village, fenghuang town, linzi district, zibo city, shandong province reported that several tank trucks in a parking lot in the village leaked, which may have caused the death of poultry and the withering of green plants. some villagers sought medical treatment. on september 5, the linzi district government responded to jimu news reporters that the medium in the tanks contained carbon black oil and the accident did not cause any deaths.

accident scene (video screenshot)

according to previous reports by jimu news, on the evening of august 29, a tanker truck convoy passing through fenghuang town parked overnight in a parking lot in xinxing village. in the early morning of the 30th, a chemical reaction of the materials in the tanks caused the tanker truck roof to burst, and the materials overflowed and emitted a strange smell. there were 6 tanker trucks on the scene at the time of the incident.

on september 5, a relevant person in charge of fenghuang town government told jimu news that the tanker convoy was passing through fenghuang town when a chemical reaction occurred in the tanks. a few hours later, the chemical reaction in the tanks was violent and an accident occurred, but no one was killed.

poultry died and green plants withered (video screenshot)

the person in charge pointed out that according to preliminary information, the medium in the tank contains carbon black oil, and the ashes and residues left after the material was burned have been packaged and sealed to prevent secondary pollution. at present, the tank truck is still parked at the scene, and the parking lot has been suspended. the chemical reaction of the material in the tank produced irritating gases that irritated the respiratory tract of some villagers, and they went to the hospital for examination.

are the deaths of poultry and the withering of green plants related to this accident? the person in charge said that the environmental protection department has taken samples for inspection, but the results are not yet out. the town government has asked a third-party company to assess the villagers' losses. relevant departments are conducting investigations into the fleet, supply and receipt of goods, and parking lots.

on the 5th, a staff member of the relevant department of the linzi branch of the zibo municipal ecological environment bureau said that according to the bureau’s understanding, the medium in the tank included carbon black oil. after the incident, the bureau carried out emergency monitoring of the atmospheric environment, commissioned a third party to identify and analyze the hazardous characteristics of the materials, and worked with the fenghuang town government to promptly dispose of the on-site materials and contaminated soil. the staff member said that the relevant monitoring, identification, analysis and disposal results have not yet been fed back to the department.