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.
Local media 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.
Correios, a Portuguese publication, said residents were worried about the wine contaminating a local Certima river, but the local fire department managed to block the flow and divert the flood away from the water and into a nearby field.
In a translated statement on Facebook posted Sunday, Destilaria Levira, which owned the two tanks apologized for the incident and the damage caused as a result. The winemaker also said that 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 wrote in the post. “We’re committed to resolving this situation as soon as possible.”
Representatives for the town and Destilaria Levira did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
