Bucharest: An explosion at the largest Romanian oil refinery outside the port city of Constanta on Friday killed one person and injured at least four, the authorities said.
Black smoke feathers can be seen up from the Petromidia Navodari factory next to the Black Sea, because emergency services are flown with people who are injured for treatment, according to officials.
Refinery operator, Rafinare Rafinare, said the Blaze was then “isolated and stable.” “Internal and external teams make efforts to remove them in a short time,” said the company at the social media post.
The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear, but the General Manager of Rafinare Felix Rafinare Crudu Teslovelanu told the media that early investigation showed a cracked pipe may have caused an explosion.
The Ministry of Home Affairs urged residents in the nearest cities of Navodari and other areas around them to close their windows because of the steaming smoke.
The Minister of Environment Barna Tanczos wrote online that “explosions can have very serious environmental consequences,” and that he has canceled work trips to help authorities handle explosions.
“The direction of smoke is in the opposite direction to the coast and city – which is why citizens are safe, ” the ministry statement said.” However, we asked for a population to take protection steps by closing the window (they).
, “Octavian Berteanu, head of the Romanian environment, the Government Environmental Protection Agency, told the Associated Press that the downfall of the environment from the incident was being monitored.
“We don’t have the right data now,” said Bergeanu to the AP.
“Smoke goes off the coast, and some …
go to the beach but not filled there.” The Ministry of Environment Romania said Friday that “a specialist from the Constantant Environmental Protection Agency has continued to monitor organic compounds that easily evaporate at the location.” Oil refinery is around 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from Constanta.