chemical plant explosion in Ritterhude, Germany.

[Chad]

Chemical plant in Bremen explosion. Speculation byt he firefighters is it's due to the chemicals being volatile, no deaths reported yet. Happened about 20:50 and the report below, translated using google translate, was posted about 50 minutes ago.

I was informed via a tweet: "Toxic flames after chemical plant explosion in Ritterhude, Germany. Casualties unknown"

ECHCC would suggest this could be lightning, or perhaps a meteor; obviously at this early stage there's not much info.

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Enlarge Shortly after the explosion in Ritterhude took this picture at the Round Twitter

Shortly after the explosion in Ritterhude took this picture at the Round Twitter
Photo: Twitter

09.09.2014 - 22:40 clock

From HOLGER BLOEHTE

Ritterhude - It was around 20.55 clock, as a detonation throughout Bremen and Ritterhude shook.

North of the city of Bremen flew windows and doors off the hinges. Entire roofs were covered by the force. Walls collapsed, trees were uprooted. From Ritterhuder colors factory of the company "Organo-fluid" shot 100 meter high flames in the evening sky.

Fire Department spokesman Michael Richartz (49): "The fire has developed in a very short time a tremendous heat." Richartz suspected that it had come from still unknown causes to an acetone-explosion. The solvent is then processed in the factory. Richartz: "It is highly explosive and burns like poison." Several halls burn. 300 firefighters and 60 police officers are on duty.
Enlarge Another photo shows probably a fire that broke out after the explosion Another photo shows probably a fire that broke out after the explosion
Photo: Twitter

Due to the terrible heat, the firefighters had great difficulty in reaching the fire. Richartz: "Again and again it came from the burning wreckage to explosions."

A toxic cloud of smoke rose into the night sky, was driven by the West Wind direction in Lilienthal.

Residents should keep windows and doors closed.
Enlarge Several hundred forces fought against the flames Several hundred forces fought against the flames
Photo: Florian hangover

Nevertheless, hundreds of onlookers had made their way to the fire disaster. To 22 clock, the traffic jammed in all roads around Ritterhude.

In the late evening Richartz still could not say, or it was injured in the devastating explosion. "But we have added precaution, all Bremer hospitals on alert. Two people were flown to nearby hospitals with serious injuries.

Edit: added more images

 

[Chad]

from: _http://www.antenne.com/news-service/nachrichten/1409/explosion-ritterhude/

Another from google translate:

In a paint and varnish factory , it has come in the evening to a serious explosion . The fire was brought under control late in the evening .

Following a severe explosion searched savior for a missing man . The company's employees had hurried according to police on Tuesday night after the end to the factory , because the building had initiated a technical alarm . " We have so far only discovered his car ," police spokesman Mark Neumann said late evening . From the employees themselves lacked any trace . He was no longer accessible via his mobile phone . The rescuers assumed that the man might have been in the factory before the detonations to see there after things. For the cause of the accident in the factory during the day producing nothing was first known .
Huge bang around half past eight

A large contingent of 200 firefighters and dozens of other helpers secured on Tuesday evening, the area on the southern edge of the village Ritterhude , which lies on the border with the Hanseatic city of Bremen. As was secured according to police initially only that there had been a big explosion to 20.30 clock , the factory was ablaze with the consequence in flames . The heat generated was so great that the fire departments initially only with spacing on cleared turntable ladders .

Police spokesman Neumann reported that the missing people had been called on a beeper alarm and it also drove away a second colleague, who was , however, only arrived later at the factory - and therefore nothing happened .

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