A fire has grown to vast proportions in the night to the Mediterranean Refinery of Milazzo, in a storage depot that contains a million gallons of fuel. So far there were no injuries. Meanwhile, the prosecutor in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto has opened a case against unknown and ordered the seizure of the area. The police Milazzo begin the investigation as soon as the flames are extinguished and the area accessible. The police arrived on the spot a few minutes after the incident, coordinated by the company commander, Anthony Ruotolo, and that of the station mamertina, Thomas la Rosa. This morning a note of FederPetroli Italy informs that “the fire is tamed by the forces of firefighters and other security teams and proceed with targeted intervention until exhausted burn any product in the tanks.” And again: “” The City of Milazzo and Messina Prefecture have confirmed that no worker or technician was injured in the incident to the tank 513 and there is no red alert. Despite the smoke after the fire, there are situations that are detrimental to the environment and surrounding air. The Milazzo refinery after the interventions in recent years on the modernization of the infrastructure, is one of the most advanced in Europe, with refining plants of high efficiency technology. “ But The above . On 11 February, a valve of a ship that was supplying the plant had lost naphtha. To the point that the students and teachers of the branch of the Art Institute “R. Guttuso,” too close to the industrial area had been badly: nausea, burning eyes and throat such as to require medical treatment at the emergency room ‘ hospital Fogliani Milazzo for a student of Guttuso. “In 2003 the tide of bad smells has been really impressive,” says the dean of Guttuso, Delfina Guidalli. “The bad smell lingered in the early hours of the morning, the teachers immediately closed doors and windows. I immediately alerted the Harp, the mayor and the closest industry.” Even then, the association for the protection and health of the citizens of Milazzo had raised his voice: “A Milazzo and in the Valle del Mela is violated the right to live in a clean environment.’re Sick of the deafening silence of some institutions – declared Peppe Maimone, President Adasc – repeatedly called upon to put in place all the measures to protect private and public safety. “ study . A milazzesis also disturb the sleep of a study by the toxicological University of Messina, which showed that industrial pollution has caused damage to the growth of the genitalia of a few kids were born and raised in the valley of Apple. A biomonitoring “of 272 boys aged between 12 and 14 years that we have recovered in secondary schools of the district in Milazzo – explains Professor Francesco Squadrito, scientific report – reveals excess heavy metals in the blood: nickel, chromium, and cadmium “. And if the effects of Nickel and Chromium will manifest in time that of Cadmium has already occurred: “As can be seen from the results of the ultrasound the mean testicular volume turns out to be significantly reduced.” In addition to the refinery, which is the largest settlement in the chemical area, in that he also insists the Thermoelectric Plant Edipower, considered by Squadrito as a likely source of emission of the metals in question, and many small and medium enterprises. So that the whole area of the Mela, which emerges Milazzo, is a serious environmental risk. In 2011 and 2012 ARPA (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection) had already warned the refinery emissions are not adequately controlled.
on site are working hours by different teams of firefighters, in addition to those of the security service of the refinery. was not prepared any plan for evacuation of the area, although hundreds of families residing in the area have opted to move away in the car for fear of clogging up the streets of the district. The fire developed around 0.45 for reasons yet to be ascertained, the flames, which were raised high, were visible for several kilometers from the municipalities of the Tyrrhenian coast of Messina.
To the City Mayor of Milazzo, Carmelo Pino, has set up the Coc ( Municipal Operations Centre), in close contact with the Prefecture of Messina coordinating relief efforts. At the time it was confirmed that there is no danger to the public and the firefighters are cooling with water spray tank until it runs out of fuel. FederPetroli released a statement in which he stated that despite the cloud “there are no harmful consequences for the environment and surrounding air”: “The Milazzo refinery – writes the association of oil companies – is one of the most advanced in European level with refining plants of high technological efficiency “.L’operazione could last several hours. The last serious accident at the Milazzo refinery dates back to June 4, 1993, when an explosion inside the plant Topping 4 killed 7 people.
great terror among the population remained for hours without any information. Many have decided to run away, shortly after seeing the flames flare up. When it catches fire the tank 513 is almost one in the morning. It contains 500 liters of Virgin Naphtha, or gasoline. “It is a tank in a suburban area of the refinery, far from the ski Corriolo near the river, in the territory that falls within the City of San Filippo del Mela – explains Luca Franceschini, communications manager of the refinery – the flames will continue for some time because the fuel will burn but the area is restricted and under the supervision of our team of internal emergency and two teams of firefighters arrived from Messina and Milazzo. “
So also confirms the prefecture of Messina, which coordinates the ‘emergency: “We are continuing to cool the fuel tank, the fuel which will burn until the consummation, and adjacent to the reservoirs, the situation at the moment there is a particular alarm.” The flames will therefore continue to be visible, but no foreseeable danger to the public throughout the day. “As long as it will not burn all the fuel we can not know the cause of the fire,” says Franceschini yet.
some people on social networks denouncing the signs perceived by the population before the fire started: “At 20:45 I went by the road near the refinery and I heard a huge stink,” so says Alberto Lo Duca. It confirms Mistretta: “I spent the afternoon in Seaside Strings and I felt a heavy stench.” And Antonino Pino asks: “But they did not have the sniffers?”. “He had ruined the roof of the tank and our emergency team had already intervened in the afternoon,” says Franceschini.
blaze of flames, many have gone away: “We immediately decided to leave,” says Giuseppe Marano, Green Milazzo. He continues: “I was warned by my cousin who lives near the refinery shortly after the flames were visible to the entire population. Many of us decided to go away, we did not have any information: there is no contingency plan. Decided spontaneously. now I find myself with relatives in Patti with my wife and my children. ” It warns: “There were several incidents this year, this is only the most serious, but all the nodes come home to roost.”
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