Rescuers found 20 kg of mercury in a forest plantation in Lviv

Rescuers found 20 kg of mercury in a forest plantation in Lviv

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In Lviv, rescuers found 4 containers with about 20 kilograms of mercury in a forest plantation. The hazardous substance was handed over to the Department of Emergency Situations and Civil Protection for further disposal.

In Lviv, rescuers seized 4 containers with mercury in a forest plantation, weighing about 20 kilograms. This was reported by UNN with reference to the State Emergency Service in Lviv region.

Details

The agency said that yesterday, April 8,  rescuers received a report that a man had found containers with mercury while walking in a forest plantation in Lviv. 

During the inspection, 4 closed containers with mercury were found.

The radiation, chemical and biological protection department of the emergency rescue unit of the special purpose emergency rescue detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv region seized mercury in the amount of 20 kg and handed it over for further disposal to the Department of Emergency Situations and Civil Protection of the Population

- the rescuers summarized. 

Recall

In the fall, rescuers in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv found four liters of mercury left in a bucket near the railroad tracks.