Major fire in the Naples area: ecobales caught fire inside the Ecologia Bruscino company in San Vitaliano. Twelve firefighters, approximately 50 men, are on site. The very high plumes of smoke are visible from several points. The Fire Brigade's NBC team is also on site, responding to fires releasing hazardous substances. ARPAC has also been alerted and will intervene once the fire is complete. According to the fire department's operations center, no one was injured.
“The Minister of the Environment must intervene immediately to safeguard the health of people endangered by the environmental disaster that is currently unfolding in San Vitaliano, in the Naples area, where flames are devouring the ecological platform of the Ambiente company, active in the waste sector. In the meantime, mayors must tell citizens not to leave their homes”. This is what the deputy and FI coordinator of the metropolitan city of NAPLES, Paolo Russo, states. “The column of black smoke that can be seen in numerous municipalities in the area speaks volumes about the serious environmental and health risk to which a densely populated area is exposed. For this reason – adds Russo – it is necessary to intervene promptly by implementing actions to protect the communities. They are burning materials that release harmful substances and there is no time to waste”. “Today – concludes the deputy – is the time for relief and countermeasures to be implemented to defuse the ecological bomb, but tomorrow we will have to ask ourselves what, in Battipaglia as in San Vitaliano, did not work in the system of controls and prevention”.
“The fire that broke out inside Bruscino Ecologia in San Vitaliano, which is a Conai recycling platform, is a real environmental disaster that absolutely needs to be shed light on. Witnesses that I have personally heard tell of strange movements inside the company before the flames broke out and claim to have filed a complaint about it.” This is what regional councilor for the Greens, Francesco Emilio Borrelli, wrote in a note. “We ask the police to investigate the veracity of these circumstances and, consequently, trace the responsibilities for what happened. For our part, in the Region we will do everything to provide clear and certain information to the citizens, starting with the immediate request for Arpac checks on air quality,” he concludes.
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