Disaster Explosion at German chemical complex declared extreme threat - We just cant get a break germbros :(

BERLIN (AP) — An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies shook the German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, sending a large black cloud rising into the air. Several people were injured and five remain missing.

Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance classified the explosion as “an extreme threat” and asked residents to stay inside and keep windows and doors closed, German news agency dpa reported. Operators of the Chempark site in Leverkusen, about 20 kilometers (13 miles) north of Cologne on the Rhine river, said the cause of the explosion was unclear. Currenta, the company operating the chemical park, said in a statement that several employees were injured, at least two of them severely, and that five people remain missing. Police in nearby Cologne said they did not have any information on the cause or size of the explosion, but that a large number of police, firefighters, helicopters and ambulances had been deployed to the scene. They asked all residents to stay inside and warned people from outside of Leverkusen to avoid the region. They also shut down several nearby major highways.

Daily Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger reported that the explosion took place in the Buerrig neighborhood at a garbage incineration plant of the chemical park. The paper reported that the smoke cloud was moving in a northwestern direction toward the towns of Burscheid and Leichlingen. It said firefighters from all over the region had been called in to help extinguish the fire. Leverkusen is home to Bayer, one of Germany’s biggest chemical companies. It has about 163,000 residents and borders Cologne, which is Germany’s fourth biggest city and has around 1 million inhabitants. Many residents work at Bayer, which is one of the biggest employers in the region. The scene of the explosion, the chemical park, is located very close to the banks of the Rhine river. Currenta has three facilities in the region. More than 70 different companies are based at the locations in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen.

 

[Billy Beer]

What chemicals are in the plant? If they're making fertiliser or something explosive, then this could be an industrial accident.

If the chemicals are non-volatile and something that goes in to a product, then this could be a terrorist attack.

the chemical park, is located very close to the banks of the Rhine river.

Why would we need a chemical plant near a river? It couldn't be to dump all of the waste, could it?

 

[Untrue and Dishonest]

What chemicals are in the plant? If they're making fertiliser or something explosive, then this could be an industrial accident.

They are specifically burning hazardous waste in that plant, according to sources in german. Seems like something that could explode.

Why would we need a chemical plant near a river? It couldn't be to dump all of the waste, could it?

Lol what? Take your meds, millions of people live near the rhine

 

[Billy Beer]

They are specifically burning hazardous waste in that plant, according to sourced in german. Seems like something that could explode.

Sounds like an industrial accident then.

Lol what? Take your meds, millions of people live near the rhine

It's well known that factories like this need large sources of water. It's why they're built on rivers. They also dump it after it has been 'treated'

 

[Stoneheart]

It's well known that factories like this need large sources of water. It's why they're built on rivers. They also dump it after it has been 'treated'

You also need the river for transport...


This Accident comes from Penny pinching.
Bayer sold some of their Factories to an Invenstment fond and they cut saftey as much as possible to make more short term profit.

Im positivly effected by this. We started to shut down when the news broke because our firefighters have been requested to get there to assist and we arent allowed to work without or firefighters on location.
They are lucky, there are hundreds of specialised firefighters in a 200 mile Radius. the Rhine is the biggest production hub for the chemical industry in the world.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

I wonder if it'll blow like the warehouse who stored fireworks and other chemicals last year in Beirut?

 

[Johan Schmidt]

Sounds like an industrial accident then.

It's well known that factories like this need large sources of water. It's why they're built on rivers. They also dump it after it has been 'treated'

It was probably to move freight via the river.

 

[Jordi El Nino Polla]

Should have stuck with Zyklon B, Krauts.

 

[CatboyCumDump]

>no link

Explosion at German chemical complex declared 'extreme threat,' several injured

Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance classified the explosion at a chemical industrial park as “an extreme threa.t”

www.usatoday.com

https://archive.ph/wip/4EQYQ

 

[whatever I feel like]

If the chemicals are non-volatile and something that goes in to a product, then this could be a terrorist attack.

You say this every time. Fuck off.

This is not a terrorist attack, just like the Miami condo collapse was not a terrorist attack and the South African riots did not collapse the whole country and lead to Mad Max.

 

[Nobunaga]

You say this every time. Fuck off.

This is not a terrorist attack, just like the Miami condo collapse was not a terrorist attack and the South African riots did not collapse the whole country and lead to Mad Max.

Learn to read ESL-kun

 

[Billy Beer]

You say this every time. Fuck off.

Hit that ignore button faggot

This is not a terrorist attack, just like the Miami condo collapse was not a terrorist attack and the South African riots did not collapse the whole country and lead to Mad Max.

You missed off Mcafee's countdown crashing the internet. I'm optimistic and hope for the best, it never comes though. Forever in blue-ball clown world.

 

[Philosophy Phil]

"Wir werden jeden Tag mehr wie die Menschen, die wir beherbergen."
or in Modern German;
"كل يوم نصبح أكثر مثل الأشخاص الذين نستضيفهم."

 

[Stoneheart]

shit is bad, they dont know what burned of, but there is alot of highly toxic stuff that is missing and they hope most of the real bad stuff is in some of the tanks that stayed intact.
Furans and Dioxins have been detected in the air, but below real critical level.

 

[Goofy Logic]

They are specifically burning hazardous waste in that plant, according to sources in german. Seems like something that could explode.

Accidental fires at waste disposal sites are going to be extremely dirty, as the waste products are often mixed in with all sorts of contaminates.

Heaven help you if they are improperly stored, which causes the waste to mix. The first responders wind up being on the front lines of dealing with it.