Road accident causes benzene leakage in southwest China
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A total of 32 tonnes of benzene leaked out, with some running into a nearby river, after a truck was damaged in a road accident Monday morning in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The Jiangxi-registered truck ran into the emergency lane and was damaged at about 8:00 a.m. on the Funing section of Guangzhou-Kunming expressway, the publicity department of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province said in a statement.
After about an hour, the truck's load of benzene had leaked out and ran into the Zhesang River, 17 kilometers away from a reservoir, according to the statement.
No one was injured or killed in the road accident.
People and cars at the scene were quickly evacuated from the scene. Fire fighters and environmental workers took measures to absorb or dilute the leaked benzene before it could catch fire.H All clean-up work was finished and traffic on the expressway resumed early in the afternoon, according to the statement.
No one was poisoned in the accident. Environmental protection authorities are conducting a survey to evaluate any pollution to the soil and water.
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