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Laura Valauskienė, representative of the Department of Fire Protection and Rescue (PAGD), informed BNS that the explosion took place at 12.38.
According to her, the fire is extinguished by five oil tankers and two autopaders. A staff car is working on the scene.
People have been evacuated from the factory before, the area has been fenced, and other preventive measures have been taken.
According to the General Assistance Center, around 10.50 p.m. A report was received that due to faulty technological processes, Metalo str. There may be a fire in the 16 PET pellet plant.
The company reported that due to temporary smoke generated in the biofuel boiler room heating system, former non-operational workers in the area had been evacuated in accordance with the company’s emergency response plan. Due to the incident, production at the company was not interrupted, there is no risk to employees and the environment.
No harm to human health was identified as a result of the incident, and non-operational workers in the area were evacuated according to the company’s emergency response plan.
After stopping the supply and burning of biofuels and cooling the boiler room equipment, a local explosion was recorded in the boiler room at approximately 12:38 p.m. According to the primary data, one of the filters in the boiler room could explode.
The company’s production activities continue without interruption. When the incident was noticed, the biofuel boiler was closed immediately and the production of energy from biofuels for the company’s needs was temporarily switched to natural gas.
Orion Global PET is clarifying the circumstances of the incident and has yet to predict when the biofuel boiler will resume operations.
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