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An explosion rocked a chemical industry site in the western German city of Leverkusen, causing some injuries, Chempark operator Currenta said on Tuesday.
The explosion happened in a part of the site where waste is incinerated, a spokesperson for Currenta said. Chempark, an industrial park for the chemicals industry, said on Twitter it was not yet clear what caused the explosion.
โResidents should please go indoors and keep doors and windows closed,โ Chempark said.
The German governmentโs civil protection agency warned of โextreme dangerโ.
Broadcaster WDR had earlier cited witnesses as saying they had heard an explosion and that they saw plumes of smoke at chemicals maker Bayerโs site.
Police said on Twitter that it was closing a nearby motorway.
Bayer and chemicals firm Lanxess in 2019 sold Chempark operator Currenta to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets for an enterprise value of 3.5 billion euros
