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The fire broke out at 8:10 pm at the Borealis company, which makes plastic pellets for materials for larger power cables.
– The fire occurred in one compressor at the cracking plant, Maria Bildtmark, the company’s regional communications specialist, said Saturday night.
– We have just confirmed that no one on staff was injured.
According to the rescue service, the compressor failure caused a gas leak and the gas ignited. Due to gas there was also a risk of explosion.
At 9:55 p.m., the rescue service, which was on-site with 18 units, assessed that the development of the smoke was severe enough to send a warning to the public in the form of a VMA. Residents in the area were encouraged to enter and close their windows.
“But we have the weather with us, the wind blows the smoke out of the community and then it rises quickly,” said Göran Andtbacka, head of staff resources on site.
– But we want the fire to be extinguished first before people go out.
At 06:00 on Sunday morning The fire is extinguished. However, the emergency services are still investigating the scene of the fire.
– We check for other gas leaks or the like, says Robert Olsson, interim leader of the Södra Bohuslän rescue services association.
The explosion risk above is estimated to have ended.
– We think it’s over, but we haven’t really gotten oriented and verified the plant, says Olsson at 6am.
If no further gas leaks are detected, rescue services hope to end their efforts at the factory sometime on Sunday morning.
During the night, 18 units under the leadership of the Södra Bohuslän rescue services association worked on the site. The Uddevallavägen road that passes near the chimney was closed.
On January 21, the plant was hit. malfunction, and one of the compressors temporarily stopped. Operations in the plant were halted in early April after a pipeline leak was discovered. On April 17, the plant was restarted. Write the company on your website.
“What has happened now is probably not related to those events,” said Göran Andtbacka on Saturday night.
Borealis in Stenungsund is the only cracking and polyethylene plant in the country.
