An explosion occurred at a BASF chemical plant in the German city of Ludwigshafen on Monday, Bild reports.
An explosion occurred at BASF, Germany’s largest chemical plant. It was followed by a massive fire that injured 14 people.
BASF representatives later reported that the fire had been extinguished by 2:00 p.m. At the same time, no exceedance of permissible concentrations of hazardous substances in the air was recorded.
The city authorities warned local residents of the danger due to the release of combustion products into the air. There is no information about the causes of the incident yet.
The company’s shares fell 2 per cent at midday after falling 2.8 per cent earlier on news of the fire.
