Pepsi Fruit Juice Flood
The Pepsi Fruit Juice Flood was a flood of 176,000 barrels (28 million litres; 7.4 million US gallons) of fruit and vegetable juices into the streets of Lebedyan, Russia, and the Don River, caused by the collapse of a PepsiCo warehouse. [1]
| Date | April 25, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Location | Lebedyan, Russia and the Don River |
| Cause | Pepsi warehouse collapse |
On April 25, 2017, a PepsiCo warehouse's roof collapsed unexpectedly. The warehouse was located in Lebedyan, the center of Pepsi's operations in Russia, and operated by Lebedyansky. The warehouse contained a variety of fruit and vegetable juices. The collapse of the roof caused two minor injuries and sent 28 million litres (7.4 million US gallons) of juices into the streets of Lebedyan and the Don River. However, no deaths resulted from the spill.[2]
There was some concern that the juices might have damaged the aquatic ecosystem of the Don River, but water samples showed no evidence of environmental damage caused by the spill.[3]
PepsiCo officials apologized for the incident, offered to pay for all damages caused, and stated that they were working with local officials to determine the cause of the warehouse collapse.[2]
See also
- Great Molasses Flood
- London Beer Flood
- Honolulu molasses spill (September 2013)
References
- "Кисельные берега: в Лебедяни произошло наводнение из тысяч литров сока" [Sour shores: a flood of thousands of liters of juice occurred in Lebedyan]. Moskovsky Komsolets (in Russian). April 25, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- Smith, Geoffrey (April 25, 2017). "A Pepsi Warehouse in Russia Just Collapsed and Flooded a Town". Fortune. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- McDougall, Zoey (April 26, 2017). "Town flooded by 28 million litres of Pepsi after soft drink factory collapse". Mirror. Retrieved November 11, 2018.