“We have no hope of finding the missing alive,” said Frank Hyldmar, CEO of Chempark operator Currenta. The cause of the Tuesday morning blast at Chempark’s waste incineration site in the western city of Leverkusen remains unknown, he told a pressconference. READ ALSO: ‘Dark day for Leverkusen’: Two dead and five missing after blast at chemical park in GermanyThe blast also triggered a fire in storage tanks for solvents that took firefighters hours to put out. RAW: A huge explosion at a chemical park in the western German city of Leverkusen sent a column of black smoke into the air, with officials urging residents to shelter indoors and close their windows. All those affected worked at the chemical park.

Source: The Local July 28, 2021 13:52 UTC