Bihar / Purnia: While running on the road, a tanker full of acid started leaking, hands and feet of onlookers swelled, the driver got scorched

An acid tanker leaked near Dalkola border of West Bengal on Purnia Mor NH-31 in Bihar. The driver was also injured while trying to plug the leakage. Later, the fire brigade team of Bihar and West Bengal overcame the problem in about five hours. The incident disrupted traffic on the NH for several hours, resulting in long queues of vehicles on both sides. According to the information, the acid-filled tanker going from Bihar towards West Bengal started leaking near Purnia turn on the border of Baisi police station area. When the driver came to know about the leakage, he stopped the vehicle and then tried to plug the leakage, due to which he himself got badly burnt. Seeing the continuous flow of acid, people immediately informed about it to Baisi fire officer Ganesh Yadav.

After getting the information, the fire brigade reached the spot and also contacted the fire department of West Bengal. Both the teams together stopped the leakage of acid after about 5 hours of operation and reduced the effect of the acid that had spread below. Meanwhile, traffic on NH-31 was also disrupted with vehicles forming long queues on both sides.

How did the driver try to stop the leakage?

Fire officer Ganesh Yadav told that the West Bengal police also remained firm along with the Baisi police station. Together they made the whole campaign successful. He told that where this incident took place, there are many shops in the vicinity. Loss of life and property was also certain due to this. He told that the driver was trying to control the leakage by giving sand soil, but it could not be controlled.

This is how the effect of acid was eliminated

According to Ganesh Yadav, this tanker was going from Jharkhand to Siliguri. The acid present in the tanker was dropped through a pipe by digging a pit and then sufficient water was poured into it. According to the fire officer, it is necessary to add enough water to neutralize the effect of the acid.