Fire & Rescue Personnel Cleaning Up The White Substance
That Was Found Along Hassanal Bolkiah Highway

Bandar Seri Begawan - Firefighters were called in to clear a chemical spillage after calcium carbonate from three damaged drums were found scattered around a section of the Hassanal Bolkiah Highway yesterday afternoon.

Each barrel was filled with 50 kilogrammes of calcium carbonate, which is a chemical compound that is commonly used in medicine.

Short-term exposure to the chemical could lead to eye irritation and affect one's respiratory tract. Following a distress call at around 3.40pm, Fire & Rescue personnel and two fire-engines from the Berakas Fire Station called to the scene, where two more drums were found in good condition.

After the `HAZMAT' team had confirmed that the white substance on the highway was non-lethal, seven firefighters proceeded with the clean-up operation, which was spearheaded by Assistant Superintendent Hj Kassim bin Hj Omar.

It took them about half an hour to remove the chemical. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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SPILLER SHOULD BE PUNISHED
written by Supporters , December 14, 2009

Those spiller should be taken to court for littering the road, and heavy fine to them.

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