Dakar The state in the Senegalese metropolis of Dakar has announced that it wants to get rid of the 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored there. Reuters reported. A strong explosion of the same amount of this chemical substance in the August arrest in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 200 people, injured six thousand people and deprived four million people of a drop over their heads.
rescued in Beirut set to work again, but in the afternoon they had to withdraw |
The unnamed owner of the substance, which is used as a fertilizer, was stored outside the city for it, said the main directorate of the Dakar port. The city has about a million inhabitants, standing next to the densely populated center.
She is currently working with the Ministry of the Environment to obtain a permit so that the cargo can be relocated as a matter of urgency, she said in a statement to the first state, according to which she waited for transport to neighboring Mali. It is not clear how long ammonium nitrate is stored in Dakar.
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The explosion in Beirut on August 4 caused 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate in storage for six years. According to experts, the net should be a warning to other countries, widely used fertilizer is considered relatively safe – if it is properly stored. He is thus the originator of the deadliest industrial networks, according to Reuters.
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