In Russia, an explosion at a chemical factory came: chlorine leakage occurred, many victims (video)
Initially, the gas -air mixture was reported, but without further burning. "According to the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Bashkortostan, 16 people were injured as a result of the event. There was no information about the dead. The preliminary cause of the explosion was an accident.
The Ministry of Emergencies emphasized that the forces of the Bashkir territorial subsystem of the RSNS in the amount of 42 people and 15 pieces of equipment were involved in the elimination of the consequences. There are 19 ambulance brigades with Ufa. Local publications write that the explosion at the enterprise in Steritamak occurred while checking the pressure on the installation. "Local people say that the new moon was sent to the installation, and at this point it exploded.
There was no fires on the spot,"-said in a message in the telegram-channel "Ufa. Bashkortostan. News". Also, local publications write that the enterprise has a chlorine leakage occurred as a result of an explosion. "Chlorine leakage occurred during an explosion in the sterlitamak. The explosion occurred in a vinyl chloride. Previous version of the cause of the explosion: depressurization of the technological pipeline of the pie with welded seam during planned pressure measurement.
The pipeline was equipped with automatic protection, which allowed to avoid larger consequences. JSC "Bashkir Soda Company" was formed in May 2013 by combining OJSC "SODA" and Kaustic OJSC. In this case, the enterprise is one of the largest chemical complexes in the country. The company ranks first in Russia in the production of calcined and baking soda, and the second place in the production of PVC and caustic soda. In addition, the plant is one of the leaders in the production of cable plastic.
"Bashkir Sodovo Company" is the only manufacturer of terephthaloridhlorid, anodes with ruthenium-iridium coating, floculant of cationic polyelectrolyte. It should be reminded that on the night of August 6 in the Rostov region in the Russian Federation, drones attacked the railway station "Tatsinskaya", causing a fire. The explosions were heard on the territory of the railway station where the cargo tanks were located. This is the second attack in the last days on fuel infrastructure in Taciin.