A large amount of iron powder scattered from the chimney. The steelworks apologized.
On June 18 at the Nippon Steel Wakayama Works in Wakayama City, the ironworks directors found out that a large amount of iron powder flew from the chimney in June and adhered to the verandas and cars in the surrounding residential areas. I apologized.
This was revealed by the director of Hidenori Kinugasa of Nippon Steel Wakayama Works at the Wakayama Prefectural Office on the 18th.
As a result, when a test operation of a thermal power generation facility in a steel plant was being conducted around June 26, a large amount of iron powder stopped and flew northwest from the chimney, about 2.5 km away, It means that it has adhered to cars.
There are about 2,000 complaints such as "I can't get iron powder" by the steelworks by the 17th, but no one complains of health damage.
According to Nippon Steel, the full cost of taking iron powder will be borne, so the victims are called to contact the dedicated consultation desk, phone number, 073-407-5154.
At the interview, Director Kinugasa apologized, “I am sorry for the inconvenience to the people living in the vicinity. We will investigate the cause as soon as possible and thoroughly prevent recurrence.”
Many cars with brown rust on the parking lot near the steelworks
You can see many cars with small brown rust that is less than 1 mm in diameter in the parking lot of Wakayama Furuya, located within 1 km from Wakayama Steel Works in Wakayama City.
According to the man who owns the car, it was confirmed on June 26 that a brown rust was attached. Rust means that it could not be removed even if water was applied or rubbed.
A man who was damaged by a car
A 70-year-old man who was damaged by a car said, “I was surprised when I saw small dots on the car. My car was white, so the brown rust was conspicuous and I was very troubled. We are waiting for the turn. Nippon Steel is not well aware of the damage to the residents and I think there is a problem in dealing with it. ”