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Abstract:
The article presents the analyze of cause of the accident of freight train by the 16th of July 2007 on Lvov railway, when 15 cisterns with yellow phosphorus have went off the rails. At the moment of the accident there was broken gasproofing of 6 cisterns, from which liquid phosphorus has started to supervene. In firefighting have taken part 450 firemen, 3 firetrains, 80 units of other techniques. The fire was put out for 5 hours. 58 military servicemen and 6 journalists have got hurt. Besides fire hazard, it was formed a nidus of infection for 80-90 km2. 2484 persons were exposed to phosphorus fume. 184 from them were sent to hospital, 800 were evacuated, 1500 children were sent to sanatoriums. In the article were observed clinical forms of phosphorus affect, organizational aspects of delivery of health care in conditions of mass destruction in fire hazard of phosphorus.
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