Gas tanker accident chokes traffic for over 16 hours on Ahmednagar Road
Hindustan TimesAfter a tanker carrying ethylene oxide overturned on Monday at around 12.45 am, there was reported discharge of highly flammable and hazardous gas. According to fire brigade officials, a distress call at around 12:47 am about incident involving the tanker of Balaji Road Services Transport Company. Devendra Potphode, fire chief, said, “It was a challenging task because ethylene oxide gas is highly flammable gas, but all our staffers, officials from Reliance Petrochemicals, police and traffic police made efforts to gain control over the situation on Monday.’’ Acting promptly, a total of 10 fire tenders, 6 officials and 80 firemen were rushed to the spot to gain control over situation. “For almost 10 hours, we were constantly spraying water on the tanker to avoid any further mishap,” said Nilesh Mahajan, spokesperson fire brigade department. There was chaos even on the arterial roads.” Traffic police diverted vehicular movement from Pune-Ahmednagar road to the internal arterial roads, and movement resumed after clearance from the fire brigade department.
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