at least two dead and one missing after factory explosion

An explosion in a factory near Alicante, in southeastern Spain, left at least two dead and two seriously injured on Wednesday, firefighters said, who are also searching for one person. disappeared. The events took place in an industrial zone of Ibi, around forty kilometers from the center of Alicante, in an expanded polystyrene production factory. The alert was given shortly before 12 p.m.

“It is not a fire, but an explosion”the firefighters told AFP, raising the possibility that it was the boiler of the industrial building which exploded. “As a result of this explosion, part of the industrial building collapsed, the roof fell and around half of the building surface fell, meaning that some of the interior walls collapsed as well.”we added from the same source.

Rescue operations were still underway at the start of the afternoon. Speaking to MPs, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed “all the support of the Spanish government” to the victims of the accident, as well as to the firefighters and emergency services working on site.