A Tel Aviv court will hear a petition today by the Ministry of Infrastructures and the gas companies to re-open the Pi Gelilot fuel depot in Herzliya. The depot, Israel\'s largest - serving 1,000 tankers a day - was closed on Thursday by municipal order following the detonation of a bomb on a fuel tanker. The resulting fire was quickly put out, but it is commonly assumed that a major catastrophe was only narrowly averted.
The Ministry and the companies claim that the closure of Pi Gelilot creates a very dangerous situation in that more tankers will have to travel more time on the highways in order to reach other depots. In the meantime, the government decided yesterday that the site must be closed within three months.
The Ministry and the companies claim that the closure of Pi Gelilot creates a very dangerous situation in that more tankers will have to travel more time on the highways in order to reach other depots. In the meantime, the government decided yesterday that the site must be closed within three months.