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It was at 9 o’clock that a fire broke out at the so-called cookie plant at Borealis in Stenungsund. The rescue service confirms to GP that the fire is in the area.
– It is a smashed compressor that burns and caught fire in a gas line, says Lindqvist.
Is there a risk of something exploding?
– It burns in a gas compression plant, making it clear that there are significant risks. But if it’s poison or risk of explosion, I don’t want to speculate.
During Saturday night, the emergency services also issued a call VMA, an important message to the public, that nearby residents should enter and close windows.
The second largest factory in Europe.
Additional Gothenburg units will strengthen rescue work, which also includes units from Stenungsund. How long the work will take is still too early to say.
– We know very little so far, we will see how it develops, Lindqvist says.
Borealis in Stenungsund is the only polyethylene and biscuit plant in Sweden. The company is also the second largest manufacturer of polyethylene and polypropylene in Europe. Customers use different plastics to make everything from packaging to vehicle parts.
The factory in Stenungsund has a capacity to produce 750,000 tons of polyethylene per year.
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