Salute · Liestal acid spillLiestal acid spill: All-clear after corrosive vapour cloudsTrasmesso 10 novembre 2026 alle ore 17:44 UTCGuardaTrascrizione0:00Leostel acid spill all clear after corrosive vapor clouds.0:07Authorities have given the all clear after an acid spill formed corrosive vapor0:11clouds in Leistel.0:12The release prompted a toxic substance warning for people living and working nearby.0:16Officials now say tea here is currently no danger.0:19What does that all clear mean for people near the spill?0:21The acid escaped at pharmaceutical premises in Leistol's Oristol Industrial Area in0:26the Swiss Canton of Basel Landschaft.0:28The spill happened shortly before two in the afternoon on November10,2026 .0:33Firefighters and chemical response crews attended alongside Cantonal Police.0:37In the initial response, crews were trying to contain the vapor cloud.0:40The liquid was a37 % hydrochloric acid solution.0:43After escaping, it formed corrosive vapor clouds.0:45Alerts was warned that toxic substances could be released, and people nearby0:49received instructions to limit their contact with the outside air.0:52During the warning, residents were told to close windows and doors, turn off0:56ventilation and air conditioning, and avoid the affected area.0:59Authorities later gave the all clear those sheltering precautions belonged to the1:03earlier warning.1:04Police later said there was no longer a vapor cloud.1:06The public warning update then said there was no current danger.1:09The estimate of how much acid escaped also changed.1:13The initial estimate was about one thousand liters.1:15Later updates put it at about eight hundred liters, including an evening update at1:19five thirty.1:20Nobody has explained the difference, so the final quantity remains unsettled.1:24Both estimates describe the same spill.1:26The lower figure gives a later assessment of its size, while the initial figure1:30remains in the updated web account.1:32People living and working nearby first faced a warning about corrosive vapor.1:36The later all clear changed that immediate safety assessment.1:39It doesn't tell them whether work at the spill site has finished.1:42Police reported no injuries during the initial response, and later updates continued1:45to report none.1:48Authorities haven't said what caused the release or when cleanup will be finished.1:51Alertswiss says unpleasant odors may still linger despite the all.1:55Clear.Cronologia della storiaHeyDex
