After five hours of work he collapsed on the ground, mainly due to the high temperatures recorded near the Ics of Pianodardine, the factory of plastic components for car batteries, which has been burning since 13pm today. The firefighter was immediately rescued but fortunately his condition is not a cause for concern. The fire, however, is still powerful. The firefighters are intervening with water tankers from the ground and also with ladder trucks to pump water onto the roof of the burning factory. The thick black cloud now covers all of Avellino. All accesses and windows of the hospital complex, most exposed to the cloud, are closed; the streets of the city center are deserted, after the alert issued by the prefect of Avellino, Maria Tirone. "It is normal that in the presence of an event beyond normal manageability, the rescue coordination center is called - explains the prefect Tirone - it is a very serious fire, which thanks to the extraordinary ability of the firefighters is now under control". The external fire is now contained, as also confirmed by the provincial commander of the Avellino firefighters, Luca Ponticelli. “We are focusing on the extinguishing operations inside the warehouse,” he explains, “because outside the situation is now under control.” The firefighters are entering the warehouse where the flames are still high and have destroyed a mezzanine section, above which photovoltaic panels were mounted. For the commander, it is difficult to establish the causes at the moment. In support of the Irpinia command, firefighters from Naples, Salerno and Benevento have also arrived and all available forces have been called back into service. A forestry police helicopter is flying over the area to monitor the operations. To know the level of pollution in the area, which includes a dozen municipalities, we will have to wait until tomorrow morning. Arpac immediately activated mobile control units in some particularly exposed areas, but as a precaution the mayors of Avellino, Montefredane and Grottolella have ordered the closure of schools and open-air markets for tomorrow. Other interested mayors could join in the next few hours. The provincial secretary of the Cgil of Avellino, Franco Fiordelisi, draws attention to prevention: "For some time we have been saying to adopt prevention measures also outside the workplace. It is not possible to lower the level of attention on these issues".
The technicians of the Avellino provincial department of Arpac are at work, coordinated by the director Pietro Vasaturo with the support of the regional technical management, who intervened at the industrial site devastated by a fire in the Pianodardine area. The technicians who intervened on site are monitoring, with a specific device, the entire area surrounding the site affected by the fire, with particular reference to the volatile organic substances present in the air: this monitoring will last at least 48 hours. In addition, the agency has placed a mobile station near the hospital city of Avellino to measure the concentration values of fine dust present in the air: the station will be activated ad horas. At the same time, two stations for monitoring air quality are already active, located respectively in via Piave and in via D'Agostino in Avellino, whose data will be reported on the Arpac website in the "air quality" section. Furthermore, once the fire has been extinguished, subsequent checks will be carried out for any deposits of dioxins on the land adjacent to the fire. Arpac is also present at the table for major accidents immediately convened by the prefect of Avellino Maria Tirone, also with the participation of the extraordinary commissioner Stefano Sorvino. The results of the interventions implemented by the Agency will be published through the institutional website of the Authority. The first to arrive at the site of the fire, after the firefighters, were the Arpac technicians. The ICS plant in Pianodardine (Av), continues to burn, but attention is focused on the risk of an environmental disaster. The black cloud that was released has invaded the neighboring municipalities. As many as 18 are involved (Avellino, Atripalda, Montefredane, Manocalzati, Mercogliano, Monteforte Irpino, Forino, Contrada, Cesinali, Aiello Del Sabato, Grottolella, Capriglia Irpina, Altavilla Irpina, Serino, Ospedaletto D'alpinolo, Solofra, Prata PU, Montoro) with the Prefecture inviting citizens to stay at home. Surreal scenes in AVELLINO, the streets are semi-deserted and the air is thick with a nauseating smell, due to the smoke coming from the factory where plastic containers for batteries were produced. Citizens, in the meantime, are looking for masks especially in pharmacies. The Prefecture, in the meantime, has announced that the first data from Arpac will be available only tomorrow, in the hope that an environmental disaster does not emerge.
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