Sulfuric acid in tanks that fell from a truck leaked onto the road in Bursa: The street was closed to traffic

30 August When the lid of the truck with plate number 41 AHR 940, which was going uphill on İpek Street in Zafer District, was opened, chemical substances leaked onto the road from the tanks that fell to the ground. Upon notice, AFAD Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) teams and police teams were dispatched to the scene.

While the teams took security precautions by closing the street where the leak occurred to traffic, the truck and the fallen tanks were removed from the road with a crane after the inspection by AFAD teams. During the investigation, it was stated that the chemical substance leaking onto the road was sulfuric acid used in battery production.