The terrible fire was extinguished that gave no respite to the firefighters for over 48 hours , leaving an expanse of incinerated plastic material and fear of the consequences for public health.
Even before the last fires were put out, the carabinieri of the ecological operational unit of Sassari ordered the seizure of the entire area of the Gesam plant in Truncu Reale .
The military, who have been entrusted with the investigation by the deputy prosecutor Giovanni Porcheddu, will make an inspection in the next few hours to reconstruct the causes of the fire.
The fire that broke out on Saturday, shortly after 2 pm, compromised all the structures of the mega plant for the recycling of plastic and paper. The Public Prosecutor of Sassari assumes the crime of aggravated arson . At the moment no one is registered in the register of suspects. And the investigations run in parallel with those of the state police who confiscated the cell phones of Gesam employees the morning before the fire hell broke out, to reveal information on the death of an employee of the company , Antonio Masia, which took place on 25 July last. in the plant.
Yesterday morning the mayor Nanni Campus went to the plant with the commander of the local police Gianni Serra and the commissioner Carlo Sardara, specifying that "at the moment there is no real immediate risk for the population, and there have been no cases of intoxication . Concern remains about the levels of pollution, especially of the land and crops in the areas concerned ”.
