“Eleven units of the Barcelona Fire Brigade worked to extinguish a fire on the Energy Dock, where one person died and another was seriously injured”indicated the firefighters of the Catalan city on their X account.
Rescue teams deployed on site also treated other affected people “slightly”specified the medical emergency service of the Catalonia region on
The incident occurred in the area where the company Terminales Portuarias SL (Tepsa) operates and affected a reservoir “methyl acetate” which exploded during maintenance work, according to the Civil Protection Service of Catalonia.
-“Barcelona’s chemical risk plan has been activated. The risk of poisoning for the population has been eliminated”added the firefighters who managed to put out the fire.
The municipality of Barcelona announced that it had preventively confined the staff of neighboring businesses.
