After 30 hours of work, the fire in Shengjin was brought under control
Three oil tanks caught fire on Sunday early morning, in Shengjin, a port city in northwestern Albania, and one of them exploded, Interior Ministry officials said. Six firefighters, five Albanian and one Greek, sustained slight injuries in the explosion of a fuel storage tank as they tried to put out the flames in Shengjin, a small city about 68 km northwestern of Tirana, capital of Albania.
Firefigters from Greece were present there to help their Albanian college. After 30 hours of work, the fire was brought under control, local authorities said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. But the leakage of diesel from the oil tanks, each holding 10 million liters, raised fears of environmental pollution.
The Primeminister of Albania, Sali Berisha and some other members of his cabinet, visited the site last night. A team of experts from the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Management, leaded by minister Lufter Xhuveli arrived at the scene to assess the damage. According
According to the experts, the demage is very big, but the company, Taci Oil, was insured.
Firefigters from Greece were present there to help their Albanian college. After 30 hours of work, the fire was brought under control, local authorities said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. But the leakage of diesel from the oil tanks, each holding 10 million liters, raised fears of environmental pollution.
The Primeminister of Albania, Sali Berisha and some other members of his cabinet, visited the site last night. A team of experts from the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Management, leaded by minister Lufter Xhuveli arrived at the scene to assess the damage. According
According to the experts, the demage is very big, but the company, Taci Oil, was insured.