A powerful explosion thundered at an enterprise in the Burrig area of the city of Leverkusen in Germany. We are talking about an incident on the territory of a production cluster, where various objects of the chemical industry are located. According to some reports – at one of the facilities of the Bayer company, according to others – at the Currenta plant or at the oil depot. An accident could also have occurred at an incineration plant..
An Explosion that shook the town of Leverkusen in the early hours of this Morning pic.twitter.com/JBUMq4L1cE
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“Residents should please go indoors and keep doors and windows closed,” operator @CHEMPARK said on Twitter: https://t.co/pyBw8ZrmCh https://t.co/PpK0bFsOdW
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There have been no reports of victims yet. According to eyewitnesses, a column of black smoke rises from the scene. The cloud is moving towards Burscheid and Leichlingen.
Rescue services arrive in Burrig. Leverkusen police are urging residents not to leave their homes, to keep windows and doors closed.
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Stay home, stay safe ? pic.twitter.com/0Y5uaOge3K
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#BREAKING: Emergency services responding to large explosion at chemical plant in Leverkusen, Germanypic.twitter.com/4cILPlciQ8
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Several roads have been blocked, including a section of the motorway in the Leverkusen area towards Cologne.
The reasons for the incident are being established.
In the industrial park Chempark, on the territory of which the explosion occurred, more than 5 thousand different chemicals are produced, including substances for nitriding and chlorination processes, aromatic hydrocarbons, and fine chemicals. In the recycling and recycling center, chemically contaminated hazardous waste is recycled.