Watch as a Portugal town is flooded by nearly 3 million bottles worth of red wine after a distillery's tanks burst apart
Sep 13, 2023, 11:36 IST
- São Lourenço do Bairro was flooded with red wine Sunday morning after a local distillery's tanks burst.
- Firefighters diverted the wine before it reached a nearby river.
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Hundreds of thousands of gallons of wine flowed through a small town in Portugal after two tanks filled with red wine released their stores.Videos from São Lourenço do Bairro, Anadia, about 150 miles north of Lisbon, show red rivers rushing down sloping streets. The inundated town is home to about 2,000 residents.
"The collapse of one of the tanks consequently caused the collapse of the second due to the force of the spilled liquid," Destilaria Levira said in a statement sent to Insider.
Destilaria Levira estimated the flood to be about 2.2 million liters — or 600,000 gallons — enough wine to fill approximately 2,933,333 wine bottles.
Portuguese outlet Diário de Coimbra reported that the flood affected at least one basement.
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Destilaria Levira apologized for the incident in the statement sent to Insider and the damage caused as a result. The winemaker also said no one had been injured by the spill and that authorities were still investigating the cause of the incident.
"We take full responsibility for the costs associated with damage cleanup and repair, with crews available to do it immediately," the company said. "We're committed to resolving this situation as soon as possible."
Representatives for the town did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.