There are accusations levelled at the Danish authorities that they are covering up a large-scale environmental disaster. On March 3rd, thousands of tonnes of liquid fertiliser leaked in Frederica Harbour and, as a result, Palm oil from a nearby vat caught fire.
According to a Danish newspaper, the leak was not announced for several weeks, despite the risk of fish being killed if the toxic substance reached the sea. Metroxpress were informed by South Jutland Police spokesperson Peter Ballsgaard that there was no knowledge as to how the incident happened, or how it spread so quickly, but did reveal that some had entered the harbour area.
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There was the need to evacuate homes and businesses within a 1km radius, in order to let firefighters’ work on the fire. They had to worth through the night and following day to fully extinguish it. It has been described as an “environmental catastrophe” by the Danish Society for Nature Conservation who added that there had never before been an incident to large.
It was 22 days later that the report was published and passed to the environmental agencies of Denmark, and for them to pass the report onto the public. 100 people were bought in to deal with the aftermath and collected foam, palm oil and water.
Buildings had to be cleaned and as a result Eva Kjer Hansen announced her resignation. It is considered that she is the person responsible for misleading parliament and if she is not replaced, there may need to be new elections.