A massive fire that exploded during drilling near an oil refinery in Korangi Creek on March 28 was probably activated due to a concentration of a greater amount of chemicals than the allowed limits, arose on Sunday.
On Wednesday, the mayor of Karachi, lawyer Murtaza Wahab told him Sunrise It was expected that the report prepared by Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) experts, who had performed soil tests from the area and took samples, presented themselves with the provincial and municipal authorities on Saturday.
According to a preliminary report on Sunday by experts from the University of Karachi, samples of boiling water were taken and sent to interested institutions of the university.
While worried officials have not made public the reports of the report, said rescue spokesman 1122 Hassaan Khan Dawn.com That chemical analysis of boiling water has been shared with them.
He pointed out that excessive amounts of benzene, toluene and tetrachloroethane have been found in boiling water.
With respect to the amount of chemicals found in the water, according to chemical analysis, tetrachloroethane was detected in 33 micrograms per liter instead of the five micrograms allowed per liter.
The preliminary chemical report also showed that the level of benzene was 19 micrograms per liter instead of the 5 micrograms allowed. Similarly, Toluene was detected at 15 micrograms per liter, exceeding the allowed limits of 5 micrograms.
1122 rescue spokesman said the chemical expert report showed that there was a concentration of chemicals. However, he added that the exact amount of chemicals on the burning site within the Metro/deposit was not yet clear.
He said that with every day that passes, the intensity of the flames was gradually decreasing.
Korangi’s attached commissioner (DC) Masood Bhutto also confirmed to have received the chemical analysis report on the Korangi Creek fire.
He said the report showed that “heavy metals” were present in water samples such as copper. In addition, the report also revealed the presence of gases such as benzene in large quantities.
In the future action course after receiving the report, Bhutto said people were working on it.
“They [PPL] They have hired services of a private company to contain the fire and start an exploration activity for gas, ”he explained.
The Korangi DC elaborated that the PPL would initiate the process of containing the fire.
Subsequently, an exploration activity will be launched to see the scope of the presence of gas within a radius of five kilometers.
Bhutto recalled that initially, it was assumed that there were “shallow gases”, that they could run out.
“Therefore, the administration and firefighters had stopped the operation of extinguishing fire by the advice of experts, since it could have been harmful,” he said.
“But now, since gases have not been consumed and the intensity of the flames has remained the same during the last eight days, people’s experts have considered appropriate to start an exploration activity to find gases inside the deposit,” he concluded.
