Officials of the Department of Ecological Prevention and Dangerous Substances of the Ministry of Security closed the textile factory, Manufactura de Fibras Sintéticas SA, better known as Mafissa. The building located at 44 and 184, Lisandro Olmos, was suspended from its functions after the serious fire that it suffered on January 9.
According to reports, personnel from the ecological police accompanied by municipal agents held a meeting with representatives of the company and their lawyers.
Once its closure was decided, the uniformed They placed numbered seals on the tape and closing strip machinery, with the aim of intimidating the total removal of waste left by the fire.
As reported 0221.com.ardue to the great magnitude of the flames, More than 20 official and volunteer firefighters from the towns of Abasto, Melchor Romero, Berisso, Ensenada and San Carlos went to the 44 depots between 184 and 185.
According to the first surveys, the incident occurred in the open-air waste collection sector. And it is in that place where specialized personnel together with the technical team of the Ecological Police and Dangerous Substances of the Buenos Aires Police began to carry out the “environmental impact study and correction of the contingency.”
In a previous report carried out by the researchers, they began to determine what were the wastes that were burned within the property and if they imply a risk to the health of the neighbors and the environment.
In this context, spokespersons for Civil Protection of La Plata announced that “Everything would indicate that it is polyester”. That will be what the specialists will try to confirm or rule out now, since if that was the material that was consumed, “It would not be a toxic contaminant for the soil and it will only be necessary to evaluate the impact on the air”.
