The Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake caused a huge fire in the Iskenderun Port. The interventions that have been going on for days seem to have finally given results.
Kahramanmaraş earthquakes that changed Turkey’s agenda, unfortunately, very serious resulted in loss of life and destruction. While search and rescue efforts continued in cities where thousands of buildings were destroyed, a serious fire broke out in the south of our country. Iskenderun Porthas been engulfed in flames since the first day of the earthquake. Days of work seem to have finally yielded results.
affiliated with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. General Directorate of Maritime Affairs According to the official statement, the fire is under control.
The statement of the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs is as follows:
“The fire in the port of Iskenderun was started with the intervention from the sea, land and air. has been brought under control. Ship handling services are not available at this port, and waiting ships should head to other facilities. For operations at other port facilities in the Gulf there are no obstacles“
So what happened in Iskenderun Port? How could this fire not be extinguished?
The fire that broke out in the container warehouse was intervened not only by land but also from the air. In this context; affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry fire fighting aircraft and helicopters also participated in the work. In addition, the Ministry of National Defense (MSB) intervened with aircraft and helicopters. However, all these it was not enough.
It is very difficult to get reliable information from the region. However, according to the statement, during the earthquake between falling containers A small fire started. Later, this fire spread and almost the entire container warehouse surrendered to the flames.
*An image shared on Twitter a few hours ago.
According to the information obtained, inside the containers Chemicals was also present. It is said that what caused the fire to grow was that these chemicals ignited after a while. In addition, a lot of there was an explosion also reported.
It is said that the waterproofing of the containers caused the fire to be extinguished.
According to the statement made by CNN Turk reporters, the main reason why the fire could not be extinguished was the containers. to be waterproof. So, in a sense, we were trying to extinguish a fire covered with waterproof cans by spraying water.
According to rumors, the chemical materials in the containers could not withstand the high temperature. they start to burn. However, the fact that no water enters the inside of the containers prevents the inside of the container from cooling. Even so, a vicious circle is happening. The heated material often explodes and the flames spread over a wider area. In other words, although we extinguished the flames, the fire was starting again because we could not cool the containers.
Statements made by the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs, that the nightmare is over it reveals. Now is the time to get healthy information. Investigations revealed why the fire broke out. will make you understand.