At least six people died in an explosion at a chemical plant near the Czech Republic’s capital on Thursday, firefighters said. The explosion took place in the morning at a Unipetrol facility in the town of Kralupy nad Vltavou, north of Prague, the BBC reported. Czech TV said there was no risk to residents in Kralupy as the town was some distance from the plant. The mayor of Kralupy told Czech Television the blast occurred during cleaning of the storage tank. Unipetrol is one of the largest oil distributing companies and producer of plastics in the Czech Republic.

Source: Hindustan Times March 22, 2018 13:30 UTC