Thousands of liters of LPG burning near Wroclaw, Poland

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Warsaw, Poland 7 February, 2010 - Thousands of liters of LPG burning near Wroclaw, Poland, 200 Polish people evacuated.

Seventeen fire brigade regiments are fighting a fire at a petrol station that started at 5am in Katy Wroclawskie; 200 people have been evacuated.

“The operation is very difficult and will take at least 10 hours,” fire brigade spokesperson Pawel Frztczak said.

The fire started in the early morning and moments later the first firefighters were on the scene.

They found the fire got to an underground tank of burning propylene-butane but couldn’t reach the valve to stop the flow of fuel.

It’s impossible to put out the fire.

“Propylene-butane will have to burn out, as the tank of 6600 liter capacity was about 70 per cent full of gas, which will certainly take a few hours,” Mr Frztczak said.

The fire brigade’s operation is to cool the flames to prevent an explosion of the petrol pump.

But the operation is risky.

“Initially eight families were evacuated, about 35 people,” Mr Frztczak said.

“But considering the still existing threat the decision was made to evacuate people from a kilometer zone around the flaming station.”

“Two hundred people had to leave their homes.”

Nearby roads have been cut off and trains are not stopping at Katy Wroclawskie station.

Police and chemical rescue units and standby ambulances are also at the fire.

The cause of the fire is unknown. It’s possible temperature differences damaged the valve.

By Victoria Ziarkowski
Freelance Writer

 

 

 

 

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