{"id":88721,"date":"2019-01-16T15:09:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T13:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=88721"},"modified":"2019-01-17T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T11:02:12","slug":"swaelsuur-gevaar-poort-van-dood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/16\/swaelsuur-gevaar-poort-van-dood\/","title":{"rendered":"Swaelsuur gevaar in Poort van Dood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mnr Leon Smit van Zeekoegat, het aan\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0vertel hoe hy en twee ander boere in die area self kalk op die swaelsuur gegooi het.<\/p>\n<p>Die trok wat op pad was Zambi\u00eb toe, het omgeslaan in die poort met &#8216;n vrag vol gekonsentreerde swaelsuur, om 19:29 gisteraand.<br \/>\nDaar was deur die brandweer vertel dat daar geen lekasie van suur was op die toneel nie.<\/p>\n<p>Die bestuurder is nie ernstig beseer nie, maar foto&#8217;s wat mnr. Smit gestuur het, wys duidelik hoe die swaelsuur rook op die toneel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88724\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/swael-2-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/swael-2-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/swael-2-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hy en twee ander boere, Willie Trollip en Hennie Grobler, het kalk gebruik om die suur te neutraliseer.<\/p>\n<p>Dit is nie &#8216;n ongewone gebeurtenis vir die boere van die omgwing nie, en mnr Smit vertel dat hy laas jaar skade van tot R135 000 gely het na so \u2019n ongeluk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;n Buitelandse vervoermaatskappy se trok het ook omgeslaan met &#8216;n vrag vol suur, en di\u00e9 het in sy dam ingeloop en sy water besoedel.<br \/>\nHy sukkel tot vandag toe nog om die geld uit die maatskapy te kry na hy ten duurste sy water moes rehabiliteer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Die stuk pad staan bekend as die \u201cPoort van die Dood\u201d as gevolg van die talle ongelukke wat al menselewens daar ge\u00ebis het.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88725\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/swael-3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/swael-3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/swael-3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Also read:<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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target=\"_blank\">tobie@mobserver.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2019n Grondeienaar wat op die toneel was na gisteraand se ongeluk in Kranspoort, s\u00ea dat swaelsuur in die poort gestort is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":88723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani 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