Large amounts of radioactive waste in Wielkopolska. Police and fire brigade operation underway

Radioactive waste was found in Siedlce in Wolsztyn County. Police spokesman Wojciech Adamczyk of the District Police Headquarters in Wolsztyn reported that the report was received at around 9 a.m. Upon arrival, officers confirmed that they were dealing with a radioactive substance.

Radioactive waste in Wielkopolska

– Activities are underway, mainly related to securing it and then transporting it to a safe place – said Adamczyk. He added that later there will be time to question local residents and determine how the waste ended up in an area inhabited by people.

Two specialist ecological and chemical rescue teams from Poznań and Leszno arrived at the scene. Traffic in the area was blocked. “In the morning, the services received information about hazardous materials in a single-family house in Siedlec. The police and fire department are working on the scene. No evacuation was ordered,” the Siedlec Commune Office reported.

Firefighters do not specify which substances are involved

Martin Halasz of the Provincial Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Poznań spoke about the chemists’ actions on TVN24. – After the police revealed materials that could have posed a threat or danger, the Greater Poland firefighters sent two specialist groups to the scene, dealing with chemical and ecological rescue – he confirmed.

– Our task is to check what substances we are dealing with, how many of them there are and in what containers they are stored, and whether they may pose a threat to the community – he explained.

– From this initial information it appeared that these were materials that could be radioactive. There was also a premise that they could be explosives. There are indeed a lot of these materials and substances. And firefighters from specialist groups are now verifying what these substances are and what further threat they may cause – explained Halasz.

Siedlec. Radiation does not pose a threat to residents

– At the moment we have no information about the need to evacuate a larger number of residents from nearby properties, so our actions cover the area of ​​the property where the substances were found – he assured.

When asked, he added that these are solid and liquid materials, stored in various containers of different sizes. “We need to determine reliably what substances we are dealing with,” he emphasized, without giving a specific name. “The first measurements did indeed show radiation, but these doses do not pose a threat to neighboring residents,” he said.