This Friday, January 24 in the morning, pollution was detected in the waters of the Garonne, in the town of Boussens, near Toulouse. No impact on fauna and flora has been observed.
The Garonne is not always a long, quiet river. This Friday, January 24, around 10 a.m., the Haute-Garonne firefighters intervened for pollution at the level of the Place du 8 May in Boussens, near Toulouse.
A leak on a fuel tank
Quickly, “A floating dam was installed on the Garonne by the firefighters in order to limit the extent of the pollution”indicates the departmental fire and rescue service of Haute-Garonne (SDIS 31).
Thanks to the assistance of specialists in chemical risk management, the origin of pollution has been identified: A leak on a individual fuel tank. In total, Eight firefighters were mobilized on this intervention.
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