the Rescue service was alerted to the port just before noon to 13 on Saturday. Initially, it was estimated that 15 cubic metres of petrol leaked into a pump between the two tanks.
– It is considerably less than that, but we do not know exactly how much it is being leaked, said Joel Johansson.
inside the pump body and has not spread outside the area.
– There is also a collection systems for the fire water and foam that we have put on in order to prevent that the gasoline spontaneously ignites. But there is nothing leaking in the sea, or affect the environment.
not what caused the leak and they will remain on the plastic in a couple of hours on Saturday evening as a precaution.
and with that, the petrol is very flammable, we wanted to pull together with many devices on the site directly in order to deal with the situation.
Oljehamnsområdet is cordoned off and there is no danger to the public.
– It is a protected, so the public do not have access there, ” says Evelina Olsson at the police in Malmö.
