When the pressure exceeded the design pressure of the container, it exploded,” the interim report is quoted as saying. The explosion then triggered a large blaze at the park’s waste storage and incineration site that took firefighters hours to put out. The Cologne district government said it was awaiting further expert analysis before final conclusions could be made about the cause of the blast. The blast area, in Leverkusen’s Buerrig district, was separate from Chempark’s main industrial park that houses numerous companies including Bayer, Lanxess and Evonik Industries. READ MORE: Death toll in German chemical blast climbs to six

Source: The Local August 30, 2021 19:41 UTC