A fire swept Sunday’s main plant Campofrío in Burgos, where a thousand employees.
The fire started at 6:45 am for reasons which have not yet been determined, although the first hypothesis points to a short circuit, but will be critical information that can be obtained when possible to access the interior of the plant, where there are still embers and the temperature is very high, have reported municipal and fire sources.
The severity of the fire, which dislodged a lot of smoke, the risk of a pipe bursting flames ammonia distribution inside the factory joined for hours or reach a large supply tank, which would have aggravated the situation much, given its high toxicity.
In the firefighting and support two hundred people attended, including police, firefighters, medical personnel and support, some of which, including several teams of health service in Castile and León (Sacyl) that remain in the area.
The Army has provided generator sets to be able to continue working during the night while maintaining activated Municipal Emergency Plan and continue to conduct regular environmental measurements to detect any risk of toxicity.
The Emergency Room, established by the City to be 9.00 -of which are part of the mayor, the deputy Minister, the territorial delegate of the Junta de Castilla y León, and members of the Security Forces of the State, Local Police and Fire Department Burgos decided to evacuate about four neighbors and neighborhoods Cótar Villafría Burgos, close to the burning plant.
The residents were able to return to their homes in the afternoon, after controlling flames and conduct an environmental measurement concluded that toxic levels in the atmosphere are negative, zero particulate ammonia, which rules out the fear that had burst some pipes that distributes the substance inside the factory burned down.
The corporation has held a meeting with workers after they announced that will conduct testing to resume production “soon” actions.
Campofrío sent the media a note with a message of “peace of mind to employees customers, suppliers and consumers “, while grateful for the support and solidarity received from the city of Burgos, the Castile and Leon, The Delegation of the Government and other institutions and Burgos citizens.
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