Installation operations are also underway in Milan to stop the wave of pollution, following reports in the hinterland.
Operations are underway in Milan and its hinterland to install barriers and block a large patch of alleged diesel fuel in the Naviglio, to prevent it from reaching the Darsena.
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A patch of presumed diesel and hydrocarbons was spilled in the Navigli, involving several municipalities in the Milanese hinterland and the city of Milan itself.
Even in Milan, not only in the hinterland municipalities, the installation of a barrier is underway to block the stain of presumed diesel fuel in the Naviglio.
In the hinterland
"We are working to understand what happened," the deputy mayor of Magenta, Simone Gelli, said in a video published on Facebook. "We are trying to understand what nature these hydrocarbons are, not only to trace the culprits, but also to implement all those activities that can block all the substances that have been spilled". The Ecology councilor of the Municipality of Abbiategrasso, Valter Bertani, does not hide his concern and is in "constant contact" with the Prefecture and the Villoresi Consortium. The black liquid was also reported on the official social networks of the Municipality of Corsico. "The offices and the Local Police are following every development and monitoring the situation as regards our territory" we read on the Municipality's Instagram profile.
In Milan
In Milan the Civil Protection operation took place near the Canottieri to prevent the stain from reaching the Darsena. "The quantities are large", wrote councilor Granelli on Facebook. "The metropolitan city, the Villoresi consortium that manages the Navigli, the Municipality of Milan with the environment and civil protection management of Milan are coordinating with the firefighters to try to stop the polluting wave. We have positioned absorbent barriers in Robecco, Gaggiano and now in Milan, in via Ludovico il Moro at n.25", added Granelli.

In Milan, the Civil Protection is installing absorbent barriers in the Naviglio to block an alleged diesel stain and prevent it from reaching the Darsena. The operation, coordinated with the metropolitan city, the Villoresi Consortium and the firefighters, is led by councilor Marco Granelli, who confirmed the positioning of the barriers in Robecco, Gaggiano and in via Ludovico il Moro.

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