Increasing fires from garbage truck Caused by accidentally released spray can 4:19 June 19

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Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, it was discovered that from March to last month, a fire from a garbage truck occurred in Nagoya City at a pace faster than last year. Firefighters are calling attention to the fact that there are a number of fires caused by mis-sorted spray cans, etc., while more people are cleaning up after going out.

This is the result of the Nagoya City Fire Bureau summarizing the situation of fires that occurred during the three months from March when the new coronavirus infection spread to March.

As a result, six fires broke out in a garbage truck in Nagoya, which is 1.5 times the average for the same period over the past five years.

In addition, garbage trucks accounted for nearly 40% of all vehicle fires.

The cause was that the “spray can” and “lithium-ion battery” that were mistakenly classified as “incombustible waste” were ignited, and all six fires occurred on Wednesday of the main collection day for non-combustible waste. It was

The amount of non-burnable waste released during this period has increased by more than 1000 tons since the same period last year, and in the city of Nagoya, the number of people who are going to clean up due to self-restraint to go out is originally ``ignitable dangerous materials''. We are calling attention that spray cans and lithium-ion batteries, which are classified as "," and put in a dedicated basket for the loading platform or passenger seat to be collected, are successively discharged as non-burnable waste and cause a fire.

Spray can Is crushed in a collection vehicle and ignited?

In Tenpaku Ward, Nagoya City, a fire suddenly broke out in March this year from a truck that is collecting incombustible waste.

All the garbage collected by the collectors was taken out, and the fire was put out by the fire department one and a half hours later, but the heat of the fire caused the paint on the side of the vehicle to burn out and crack about 70 cm in diameter.

According to the Nagoya City Fire Department, there is a spray can in the trash, and it seems that it ignited when it was crushed in a collection vehicle.

In Nagoya, spray cans, lithium-ion batteries, etc. are classified as "ignitable dangerous materials". Instead of crushing them like other garbage in a collection vehicle, they can be placed on the loading platform or put in a dedicated passenger seat basket. It is supposed to be collected, and the city believes that a fire had occurred because the spray can was released as non-burnable waste.

Environmental Bureau, City of Nagoya “Garbage Separation Correctly”

Akihito Haginaga, Chief of the Environmental Affairs Bureau of the Nagoya City Environment Department, said, "The spray cans that are most common in garbage truck fires do not need to be pierced in Nagoya, so they can be used up until the end and sorted into "ignitable dangerous materials". I also want the lithium-ion battery to be marked with a "three arrow mark," so I would like it to be placed in a special recycling box at environmental offices, electronics stores, etc."

After that, he said, "If a fire comes out of the collection vehicle, there is a risk that the collectors and others nearby may be injured. I would like to ask for your cooperation in properly disposing of the garbage."