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chemicals spread through several kilometers of sewers, gas source is a moderately toxic material

chemicals dumped in the end who is now the police have been involved in the investigation

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9 am yesterday, more than passenger traffic bustling King Cove Garden Ring Road intersection traffic lights opposite the main entrance, past the crowd is not their noses and Rush is wearing masks rushed across the street intersection of the past several security guard guarding the public emergency to ease ban Dalingshan direction to the past, fire engines and an emergency alert. All this is not a drill, in Nan tin Changtai Road, Dongtai Garden to side roads, an unknown irritant gases in the air, makes a loss.

yesterday afternoon, authorities investigating officers in King restaurant next to the Lake of a greenbelt Voeux Road found the scorched grass withered, and the high concentration around the irritating smell, traces of a chemical dumping, initially identified as the odor source. City environmental monitoring station by the source of the odor remaining liquid and contaminated the surrounding soil for rapid monitoring of the chlorine initially diagnosed as organic gases, including: three vinyl chloride, dichloroethane and other toxic gases, toxic substances belonging to the middle, the details are still need further testing to determine.

As of press time, the incident found no casualties. However, chemicals dumped in the end who is currently involved in the investigation police.

text / reporters on behalf of the Chikwe Map / reporter Lu G

9:00

public Baoliao:

stimulate gas

"invasion" of the Fourth Ring Road

around 9 am yesterday, this newspaper's hotline received a series of public Baoliao said, in the Fourth Ring Road King Lake Garden, opposite the main entrance traffic light intersection with unknown gas diffusion, due to strong smells, in the past people feel uncomfortable.

Mr Li said he was around 9:15 Spring Lake from King City to Yee Fung direction to cross the road, at traffic light junctions clear sense of an irritant gas into the eye and nose, then feel more than tears the eyes, difficulty breathing, feeling of suffocation, then quickly fled the intersection, a few hundred meters away, the body reaction gradually stabilized. "I do not know what gas so powerful, I think people are continually flow past the tears, it was choked to, are your nose crossing the road." He said.

public Xie said that the South Gate entrance in Dongtai garden to smell the pungent smell, breathe for a long time felt uncomfortable nose, eye irritation. 9:30 left, he saw the police and fire engines rushed to the scene to investigate.

9:30

's personal experiences:

eyes water

skin burning

yesterday, 9:30 so, the reporter rushed to the scene. The security guard wearing a protective mask at the crossroads of the past to ease the public. Around about 10 o'clock, police began to block intersections, closed to Dalingshan direction.

reporters rushed to the scene, an acrid smell go out into the drilled nose, journalists hold your breath, inhale slowly, from the Fourth Ring Road traffic light junction with hi went across the street after shopping plaza , feel odors. Gas into the eye, the eye could not bear to stimulate the tears, there will be sharp nose and a sense of inspiration, a choking feeling a little bit of gas inhalation lung fever, feeling faint, and if open your mouth and inhale, you feel I Shibuya, gas slightly with acid, inhalation of a sense of nausea.

They immediately put on a mask discomfort gradually slow down. Then follow the fire department's investigation of the process more than two hours, followed by red eye socket, a slight burning sensation in facial skin.

10:30

troubleshoot:

exclude gas

gas leak

What is the gas leak of this accident, will cause harm to the human body? Fire departments and environmental monitoring department has been conducting investigation.

new Austrian gas occurs in the gas after the staff, rushed to the scene, he told reporters began to suspect a gas leak, but the field test gas, the methane content was found to 0, thus excluding a gas, natural gas and other gas leaks.

11 o'clock, the EPA also withdrew gas samples. According to staff analysis, which suddenly appeared at the crossroads of the gas is highly volatile, but not methane, it should not be strong sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid concentration may be high.

Dongguan City Fire squadron squadron of soldiers directly under the special services of a broken down into smaller, part of the hand-held combustible gas detector around looking for sources of pollution, toxic gas detection is essential sewer; another part of the crossroads in the incident spray to prevent the further spread of gas and reduce the gas concentration.

13:00

found the source:

chemicals dumped

spread through the sewers

1 pm pm, the fire department and the environmental monitoring department probe into the source of gas. Fourth Ring Road to the tin side in the direction of the village is located in an old tin side of the Lake View restaurant next to a green belt near Des Voeux Road, obviously felt irritating vapor, the relevant departments to judge, unidentified irritating gas that is spread through the sewer here open to the.

old tin side of the village, a village officials said more than 8 am, he saw a truck near the opening to the manhole cover, dumping something, he suspected gas source is the vehicle that is, But where is the car in the end, he is also not clear. A nearby resident said she saw a truck in the morning did stay near the manhole covers, license plate number but did not see clearly.

surname Yang Tai Hing Motors Limited, a staff member told reporters that more than 10 am, he was testing with customers, on the manhole covers office smelled a strong irritant gas, smoke to the customer once was, jumped out and ran away.

18:00

EPA Bulletin:

gas is

chlorinated organic gases

yesterday 6 pm, Dongguan City, the EPA informed on the gas leak incident. Bulletin said investigators in the Lake View restaurant near a green belt Voeux Road found the scorched grass withered, and the pungent smell around the higher concentrations of a chemical dumping traces, initially identified as the odor source.

by the City environmental monitoring station on the odor source of the remaining liquid and contaminated the surrounding soil for rapid monitoring of the chlorine initially diagnosed as organic gases, including: three vinyl chloride, ethylene dichloride and other toxic gases, in detail situation requires further testing to determine. It is understood that the material is moderately toxic substances, due to low concentration, around the staff will temporarily affect the body. The amount of chemical dumping is not large, it will not affect residents living water.

Determination of pollutants in the preliminary, based on EPA city emergency response personnel were on scene emergency disposal, to prevent pollution incidents to expand.

Hospital:

no one was taken to hospital

the result of a sudden, large range of gas filled, many people expressed their reaction was relatively large body , but did not seek medical advice.

reporter later learned from the East Side People's Hospital, no one day go to hospital for treatment of gas leakage. Reporter at the scene yesterday, has been following the ambulances ready to rescue, but the scene did not find someone to gas invasion of the body was taken to hospital.

but journalists in the old tin side of the village learned in the morning a pair of Zusun Liang, one old and one child because of gas inhalation lead to physical discomfort, then picked up by security guard, but the final conditioning period of time rest, and not sent to hospital for treatment.

so far yet to receive reports of casualties.

toxic gases in case of how to do?

who encounter toxic gases, how to do? Police have to remind:

1. Rapid adoption of standing or handy protective equipment to protect themselves and timely warning. Quick upward direction of the wind direction or side wind shift, do not stay in the low areas. Conditions can also be transferred to a filtering ventilation air defense installations within the fortifications.

2. No time to evacuate the structure can be better hidden multi-storey buildings, block the obvious gap, close air conditioners, fans, etc., put out the fire, personnel as far as possible without doors and windows in the back of the wind place.

3. After leaving the region exposed to off contaminated clothing promptly disinfected. Necessary, to check the diagnosis and treatment of medical departments.

4. When chemical accidents occur, should first think of using the handy equipment to protect themselves, such as used wet towels, wet towels, wet face masks and other handy equipment to protect the respiratory tract, followed by free raincoat, gloves, boots and so protect the skin.

little information:

the incident chlorine gas is mainly organic gases, including: three vinyl chloride, ethylene dichloride and other toxic gases. TCE was used as analgesics and metal degreasing agent, can be used as extraction solvent, antiseptic and refrigerant, and the clothes dry cleaning agent. Long-term exposure can cause conditions such as trigeminal nerve palsy; dichloroethane at room temperature is similar to chloroform odor colorless liquid, toxic, potentially carcinogenic.