Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Bouches-du-Rhône. Fire on the petrochemical site of the pond … – Ouest-France

         The explosion of two chemical tanks caused a spectacular fire that has not been injured on a petrochemical site at the edge of the Etang de Berre.

The thesis of a malicious act is favored by investigators for the origin of a fire that raged for several hours on Tuesday petrochemical complex of the US group LyondellBasell Berre l’Etang (Bouches-du-Rhône).

The prosecution of Aix-en-Provence has opened an investigation to “destruction by fire”. No injuries were reported in the fire that occurred on an installation LyondellBasel group and was off in the late morning.

The website of the multinational petrochemical LyondellBasell Berre-L ‘ Pond is where two explosions occurred Tuesday morning causing damage, is one of 1,171 facilities with risk of major accidents, classified Seveso in France.

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