Toxic potential and risk of dioxin in San Vitaliano, Minister Costa |

San Vitaliano (Naples) – The consequences of the toxic bonfire that erupted yesterday in San Vitaliano, a town in the Neapolitan area not far from Nola, are frightening. The flames originated in the afternoon in the company Ecologia Bruscino which deals with the collection and recycling of waste and in a few minutes a thick and dark column of smoke of about 30 meters high and also visible from Caserta. Twelve teams of firefighters who intervened on the spot to try to extinguish the flames.

The fires would have mainly been plastic and aluminum scrap: the fire, according to the initial investigations, began in a yard and the main badumption is that the fire was a fraud because the factory was closed on Sunday afternoon. Nobody was directly involved in the flames but a family, residing nearby, was evacuated. Immediately triggered the alarm dioxin a very harmful substance that remains in the air after the combustion of waste, especially plastics. It is precisely for this reason on the site that the Nbcr nuclear (nuclear-biological-chemical-radiological) firefighters have arrived and the ARACAC staff, who, when the fire is over will badyze the quality of the air in the area.

Environment Minister Sergio Costa, who fought in the past to fight environmental crimes in this part of Campania, now sadly known as the Land of Fires, was also immediately expressed on l & # 39; episode. Citizens expect from him important measures to solve this serious situation. Through social media, the minister promised to clarify the story: "Another stakes in a waste storage and recycling business: a column of very high black smoke, which can also be seen from This time it happened in San Vitaliano, in the province of Naples.But it is one of about 300 fires in two years all over Italy.We have already activated these days to clarify things, but in the meantime, today, again, there are citizens locked in the house with the fear of breathing toxic smoke. We are in contact with the competent local authorities, we activated the Noes, we follow the story closely.The citizens are not alone ". [ad_2]
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