The victims of the first are already two, four people are still unknown
Firefighters prevented a second explosion at a chemical plant in the western German city of Leverkusen after the first one this morning in a solvent container. This was announced by the Minister of the Interior of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert Royle, quoted by DPA.
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He said another container contained 100,000 liters of flammable toxic waste at the risk of an explosion. 300 firefighters are working on the scene, he said.
The blast, which occurred at 9:40 a.m. local time in an industrial zone for the disposal of chemical waste materials, killed two and injured 31 people, and four are unknown. The blast sent pillars of smoke into the sky.
Police urged residents in the area not to leave their homes, keeping the doors and windows of their homes tightly closed.
It is still impossible to start an investigation into the cause of the industrial accident.
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