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More than a year after the industrial fire in Pratteln BL, investigations have been concluded: based on the results of the investigation, the Basel-Landschaft prosecutor has found a former Galvaplast employee guilty of setting a fire through negligence.
With a sanction order, he was sentenced to a conditionally enforceable fine of 100 daily rates and a fine of 2,000 francs. In addition, the convicted person must bear the costs of the process in the amount of around 19,000 francs. The penalty order is final.
Open valve caused fire
The criminal investigation has shown that the person convicted of negligence and carelessness overlooked during inspection tours that the drain valve on a plastic container was not properly closed, authorities said. Then the basin could be emptied
After the employee subsequently activated the heating elements for said container in the control system, they became so hot due to the liquid no longer present in the container that the plastic in the container initially began to melt.
Shortly before 8:30 p.m., the molten plastic finally ignited in an open fire and soon after spread throughout the building. The fire caused property damage estimated at more than 8.5 million Swiss francs. One person was injured at that time. (szm)
