Dozens of people from Băile Olănești were evacuated after a gas pipe was accidentally cracked

A gas pipeline in the Băile Olănești resort was accidentally cracked on Thursday, October 23, by a team of workers. Dozens of people were evacuated.

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It is a main natural gas supply pipe that was broken during some work on the sewage system. Even the workers who cracked it called 112.

“Around 2:12 p.m., the military firefighters were notified by calling 112 that, in the town of Băile Olăneşti, Cheia street, following the performance of some works on a sewage network, an underground gas pipeline was broken”. specified ISU Vâlcea.

The authorities evacuated 35 people living in the affected area:

“For the protection of citizens and for the intervention to take place in safe conditions, the area was cordoned off within a radius of 800 m and 35 people were evacuated from nearby homes“.

Firefighters from ISU Vâlcea intervened, securing the area to prevent an explosion, together with the teams of the natural gas distribution company. A CBRN crew was also present at the scene of the incident.

As a measure to prevent a disaster, the gas supply was temporarily stopped.

The intervention teams are still working to remove the risks.