Chempark
{{Short description|Industrial park in Germany}}
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Chempark is an industrial park for the chemical industry in Germany. It is distributed across three sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen cumulatively measuring 13.3 square kilometres, occupied by more than 60 companies and employing 50,000 people. Around one-third of North Rhine-Westphalia’s chemical output is produced at these three sites. It is operated by Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, formerly known as Bayer Industry Services GmbH & Co. OHG.
2021 explosion
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{{Main article|2021 Leverkusen explosion}}
On July 27, 2021, at 9:40 a.m. local time, an explosion occurred in the hazardous waste combustion section, blowing up several large containers of chemicals and contaminating large areas of the Rhine-Ruhr-valleys with toxic fallout from the large smoke cloud.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/explosion-erschuettert-leverkusen-100.html|title = Landesumweltamt: Keine Dioxin-Rückstände nach Brand im Chempark Leverkusen|date = 31 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksta.de/region/leverkusen/giftstoffe--ursache--vermisste-das-ist-bereits-ueber-den-brand-in-leverkusen-bekannt-38944786|title = Giftstoffe, Ursache, Vermisste: Das ist bereits über den Brand in Leverkusen bekannt|date = 28 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksta.de/region/leverkusen/explosion-in-leverkusen-umweltamt-geht-von-giftstoffen-in-rauchwolke-aus-38939888|title = Explosion in Leverkusen: Umweltamt gibt Entwarnung für Bürger|date = 5 August 2021}} The explosion killed at least six people, with one more person missing.{{cite news |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/chempark-leverkusen-explosion-1.5374798 |title=Entwarnung in Leverkusen |trans-title=All clear in Leverkusen | newspaper=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=5 August 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021}} Thirty-one others were injured.{{cite news |title=Blast in German industrial park kills two, several missing|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/explosion-rocks-chemicals-site-western-german-city-leverkusen-2021-07-27/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |publisher=Reuters |date=27 July 2021}} All the casualties were workers at the site.{{cite news |title=Deadly explosion at industrial park in German city of Leverkusen |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210727-deadly-explosion-at-industrial-park-in-german-city-of-leverkusen |access-date=27 July 2021 |publisher=France24 |date=27 July 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Grieshaber |first1=Kirsten |title=At least 2 killed in German chemical blast; 31 injured |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/explosion-at-chemical-complex-in-german-city-of-leverkusen/2021/07/27/3bf6e112-eeb7-11eb-81b2-9b7061a582d8_story.html |access-date=27 July 2021 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=27 July 2021}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.chempark.com}}