A truck carrying phosphoric acid lost control and overturned on Route 102, Highway Police sources reported.
Although there have been no losses so far, the acid “is very polluting” and in contact with water “causes explosions”Ricardo, a worker from the company in charge of lifting the truck, explained to Telenoche.
“In principle we are going to transfer the cargo because the tank is broken, the supports that hold the tank above the structure are broken, so we are going to move the load in order to prevent the fuel from spilling. We are going to start working more calmly there,” said the worker.
expect to be working there until 19:00 or 20:00 and the route will be closed from Fauquet to Camino Melilla. The worker highlighted as an advantage that “there is field on both sides” and that “within everything there is no population.
“We are going to bring the pump to start transferring and the cranes are coming to be able to straighten the overturned truck,” Indian. “The people who do the transshipment of product comes with some special outfits“, he pointed.
The worker stated that they must carry trucks with sand and a backhoe in the “unlucky” case of spilling the acid.
On the other hand, the fuel “is Brazilian” and they await the arrival of Customs workers because “you have to ask for permission” and you have to put the material “in another type of trailer”.
From the Highway Police they pointed out that Firefighters are working in the place because as the truck was on its side there was a fuel spill.
