Thursday April 3, 2008
Massive oil spill on Second Link a joint exercise drill
JOHOR BARU: A tanker carrying 20 metric tonnes of sulphuric acid skidded and rammed into a lorry loaded with 40 drums of petroleum lubricant on the Second Link at the Malaysia-Singapore border crossing.
The drums fell off the lorry, causing the chemicals to spill onto the road and into the sea, resulting in a massive chemical spill – this was the worst-case scenario for 14 Malaysian and 10 Singaporean agencies taking part in an emergency drill here yesterday.
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Spill drill: The Singapore Civil Defence Force cleaning up the chemicals spilled on the highway after an ‘accident’ involving a tanker carrying sulphuric acid and a lorry carrying petroleum lubricant. |
The “accident” was a mock drill carried out at the second link highway under the sixth Malaysia-Singapore Joint Committee on the Environment (MSJCE) to test how prepared the rescue agencies in both countries were if faced with such an accident.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force responded by dispatching fire engines, ambulance, police, marine and other rescue teams to the scene within two minutes of the incident.
The rescue work included taking the “victims” to the hospital in Singapore and cleaning the road and parts of the sea that was polluted.
On the Malaysian side, the fire and rescue department, state Department of Environment, police, health department and other authorities helped in the clean up.
The fire and rescue department dispatched four tankers including a water tanker while the marine police dispatched five boats.
The 10am “accident” was cleared within one hour and 20 minutes.
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