At 5:41 on June 21, 2021, the Qinzhou Fire and Rescue Detachment Command Center received an alarm: A tank truck with 31.2 tons of hydrofluoric acid and a carrier about 5 kilometers from the Lanhai Expressway Dasi Toll Station to Qinzhou A rear-end collision occurred in a large vegetable truck, and the tank leaked. After the detachment received the police, the full attendance headquarters quickly dispatched and dispatched 19 fire trucks from the urban area and Qinzhou Port District Chemical Rescue Team to the scene for rescue.
After the accident, the municipal fire rescue detachment rushed to the scene as soon as possible. After the fire rescue personnel have done their personal protection, they will immediately organize inspections and guards, divide the serious danger zone and safety zone, control and evacuate the traffic, set up decontamination zones and emergency The rescue team then quickly carried out rescue work and plugged the leak.
The People's Government of Qinzhou City launched the emergency response plan for hazardous chemical accidents and established a general headquarters on the spot. The municipal emergency, public security, transportation, environmental protection, meteorology, health, and traffic police departments rushed to the scene to participate in the disposal.
According to the deployment of the general headquarters, the local government and public security departments urgently evacuated village residents within 2 kilometers of the surrounding area to investigate the surrounding water sources. The highway and traffic police departments evacuated and diverted vehicles stranded on the highway. The environmental protection department took care of the accident site and surrounding air and water. Conduct data detection and analysis on samples and soil, mobilize lime and other materials for neutralization and disposal. Fire rescue personnel are responsible for emergency rescue, on-site sealing and leak prevention, core area management and control, and decontamination operations. Isolating water curtains are set up to prevent leakage and spreading. After righting and removing the risk, hoisting and dragging away from the site for disposal.
After the leak was successfully sealed, the rescuers on the spot used cranes, hooks and trailers to straighten the tank body of the tanker. In order to prevent accidents, fire and rescue personnel strictly guard their positions, set up a tough team and emergency rescue team to continuously monitor the scene of the accident, and set up a decontamination team to decontaminate personnel and vehicles to prevent secondary pollution.
As the incident took place on an expressway, there was a lot of traffic and there were potential safety hazards. At 19:10, the on-site headquarters decided that the traffic police, fire protection, environmental protection and other departments would supervise the entire process to transfer the leaked tanker to a safe area for further processing.
After 12 hours of joint disposal by the fire, public security, traffic police, environmental protection and other departments, the rescue work was successfully completed and the danger was completely eliminated. The accident caused one death and one minor injury.
