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Maharashtra: On Monday morning, An official said that a gas tanker carrying ethylene oxide overturned on Pune-Ahmednagar road near Vadgaon Sheri intersection. Traffic on the road has been affected due to the accident. This incident creating panic among people due to leakage of the gas in the area wich is largely populated.
After receiving information about this incident, a total of eight fire engines were despatched from Pune and PMRDA fire brigade. Experts from Reliance Petrochemicals have reached the accident site to assist in the operation of the department.
At the same time, water is being continuously sprayed on the tanker to control the leakage. Along with this, the police has ordered people to go through other roads. The officials said that there was a risk of fire and explosion and water was being continuously sprayed on the tanker until rescue and repair team of Reliance Petrochemicals Company arrives.
The police department regulated the traffic after the incident, thus affecting commutation. Due to overturning of the ethylene oxide tanker, fire brigade vehicles are continuously spraying water on the tanker to avoid any kind of accident. Because there is constant danger of fire and explosion here. The rescue and repair team of Reliance Petrochemicals Company has been called to deal with this leak.
