At the parking lot of Izu Gateway Kannami Roadside Station in Kannami Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, the engine oil of a car that seems to have been changed flows and spreads into the space, leaving two oil cans in a dangerous condition. A photo was posted on Twitter.
The finder reportedly called police and fire departments to dispose of the oil. The town that owns the roadside station said, “In the future, while talking with the police, we would like to decide whether to file a damage report.”
The waste oil disposal pack was also thrown away, and the oil was leaking.
Two cans of engine oil sold at a car parts store and a cardboard box are left in the shrubbery set up to separate the space in the parking lot. Something like a box is in a state where it seems to be covered with oil.
This photo was posted on Twitter on the evening of September 19, 2022.
The poster said that he found the oil spread around 21:00 that day, and that someone changed the oil in the parking space and threw away the cans. He also posted a photo of what appeared to be oil flowing and spreading in the space.
It is said that the police and the fire department were notified, and the fire department said that the oil was treated, and the photo is also posted.
These posts have been retweeted and spread, with criticisms such as “Don’t change the oil in a place like this”, “This is too bad”, and “I want you to follow your morals and manners”.
The Sunto Izu Fire Department, which also has jurisdiction over Kannami Town, told J-CAST News on the 21st that there was a call to 119 shortly after 22:30 on the 19th, and firefighters rushed to the scene. In addition to two cans of oil, it is said that a waste oil treatment pack was also thrown away at the site, and it is believed that this pack was something like a cardboard box. Oil was also leaking from the pack.
At the scene, firefighters scattered oil-absorbing adsorbents in the space, etc., and performed processing work to collect them. He said he handed over the matter to the police because of possible illegal activities.
The roadside station “Izu Gateway Kannami” is owned by Kannami Town and managed and operated by “Izumon Kannami Partners”, which is made up of construction companies in Mishima City.
On September 22, the company’s facility operation division found a car that appeared to have had its oil changed on a security camera, and left oil cans and other items between 19:30 and 20:30 on September 19. answered the interview. This time is outside business hours, except for 24-hour convenience stores. It is said that users of the roadside station noticed the cans and other items left behind and reported them to the police and fire department, and the disposal was carried out from around 22:30 to 23:00.
He said he had never heard of an oil change in the parking lot since it opened in May 2017, but he said that there were nuisances occurring outside business hours at night.
The industrial promotion section of Kannami Town, which owns the facility, responded to an interview on the 22nd as follows.