Fire and controlled but remains active after more than Twelve hours swept Sunday Nov. 16 main floor Campofrío Burgos , where work a thousand employees.
The fire started at 6:45 am for reasons yet to be determined, although the first hypothesis points to a short , 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, to municipal and fire sources.
The severity of the fire, which dislodged a lot of smoke, the risk of flames bursting some ammonia distribution pipes inside the factory or reach a large tank for hours added supply, which would have aggravated the situation much, given its high toxicity.
In the firefighting and support involving some hundred people , including police, firefighters, medical personnel and support, some of which, including several teams of health service in Castile and León (Sacyl) who remained late in the day in the area.
The Army provided generator sets for it to be possible to work through night while maintaining activated Municipal Emergency Plan and conduct regular environmental measurements were to detect any risk of toxicity.
The Emergency Room, made by the City to be 9.00 -of they 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 decided Burgos evacuating residents about four Cótar neighborhoods and Villafría Burgos, close to the burning plant.
The residents were able to return to their homes as late, after controlling flames and perform environmental measurement concluded that the toxic levels in the atmosphere are negative, zero ammonia particles, which rules out the fear that had burst some pipes that distributes the substance inside the factory burned down.
Still, it has been recommended to the neighbors to stay inside their homes with the windows closed.
It was also decided to reopen the roads surrounding the plant, cut from early morning, except for a stretch of the ring road BU-30 next to the factory.
The company held a meeting with workers after they announced that will conduct testing to resume performances production
“soon”.Campofrío sent the media a note with a message of “ reassurance 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.
The leaders of the multinational show an awareness of the damage the incident on their activities and ensure that the company has taken “necessary to ensure the supply of their products to market through its other factories, both in Spain and other countries of the group action.”
The mayor of Burgos, Javier Lacalle, convened an extraordinary plenary session tomorrow at noon as support Campofrío plant and its workers.
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