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Chemical Factory Fire kills Two
03 February 2012
Explosions kill two chemical factory workers in Durban, South Africa.
A series of explosions that killed two workers at a chemical factory in Jacobs, south Durban, South Africa started a fire that engulfed the Chemical Technologies building in flames, according to officials investigating the blaze. The cause of the fire is being investigated and officials are still assessing the air quality at the scene.
Firefighters spent about three hours trying to put out the blaze using foam as there were various chemicals in the building. The site is said to have experienced: “environmental assaults ranging from chemical emissions to regular plant upsets and explosions” and an emergency plan for factories in the area was still a “pipedream”.