Berlin: The explosion in the industrial park for chemical companies in Germany killed at least two people on Tuesday, with 31 other injured and some were still missing for hours later.
Official API testing the air said there was no danger for the nearest population after the initial authority urged the person in it.
The explosion at the Chempark site waste management facility in Leverkusen, near Cologne, sent a large black cloud into the air.
Need firefighters almost four hours to extinguish the fire holding after the explosion.
The German federal office for civil protection and disaster assistance initially classified the incident as “extreme threats.” But later on Tuesday, the Cologne firefight department tweeted that pollution measurements “did not show any abnormalities.
‘” They say smoke has been reduced but they will continue to measure the air for poisons.
The city of Leverkusen said the explosion occurred in a storage tank for solvents.
Then on Tuesday, the Operator Chempark Surachesa said that the second death was confirmed.
It puts the amount injured at the age of 31 and said five employees were lost.
“Unfortunately the hope of finding them live quickly,” Chempark’s head, Lars Friedrich, said in a statement.
City officials asked all residents to live in the afternoon and warn people from outside Leverkusen to avoid the region.
City officials Then also warned people not to let children play outside, use the outer pool or eat fruits and vegetables from their backyard in the coming days.
They say experts will only be able to tell in a few days how poisonous soot from the explosion.
The letter said the explosion occurred at 9:40 a.m.
and then developed into fire.
It was said that the three large tanks were influenced by the explosion, but too early to find out the cause.
“Sirens were operated to warn residents and warning warnings sent, ” Sea Cirentsa said , The police closed several of the nearest major highways for several hours.
Leverkusen is home to Bayer, one of the biggest German chemical companies.
It has around 163,000 citizens and cologne borders, which are the fourth largest city of Germany and have around 1 million residents.
Many residents work at Bayer, which is one of the biggest employers in the region.
The chemical park is located close to the banks of the Rhine River.
The letter has three facilities in this region.
More than 70 different companies are based on locations in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen.
The Mayor of Leverkusen, Uwe Ricrath, called the explosion “tragic moment for Leverkusen.”
At least 2 killed in the German chemical explosion; 31 wounded
