A 'River' of Wine Flooded the Streets of a Town in Portugal
Two tanks holding nearly 600,000 gallons of wine collapsed at a distillery. No one was hurt in the ensuing flood.
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Two tanks holding nearly 600,000 gallons of wine collapsed at a distillery. No one was hurt in the ensuing flood.
Video from Anadia, Portugal, shows the wine rushing in the gutters and turning the streets purple.
The massive wine-spill prompted an emergency warning
A viral video from the scene shows a "river of wine" coursing down a hilly street, sluicing over curbs. The wine escaped from two tanks at a distillery up the hill.
The 600,000 gallons of vino came from two ruptured holding tanks at a nearby distillery.