3 minutes agoEight sorely injured by explosion in German refinery
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A fire broke out Saturday in a refinery in southern Germany, wounding at least eight people and forcing authorities to remove almost 2,000 local residents. The blast occurred at around 5:30 a.m. (0330 GMT) in a country run by Bayeroil group near the bavarez city of Ingopolstat. Three of the victims suffered “s [...]
The blast occurred at around 5:30 a.m. (0330 GMT) in a country run by Bayeroil group near the bavarez city of Ingopolstat.
Three of the victims suffered <x0 or serious mid-level concerns”, police said in a statement.
About 1,800 residents of the nearby towns of Vohburg and Irsching were evacuated as a preventive measure.
“Work to extinguish the flames is continuing”, police said. About 200 firefighters were at the scene.
Emergency services were addressed to residents within a 20-mile radius to keep their doors and windows closed because of the” smoke.
