They investigate the causes of the explosion at a petrochemical plant in Tarragona and continue the search for the missing worker

• Catalonia: Explosion at a petrochemical plant in Tarragona: one dead and eight injured

About thirty endowments of the Generalitat Firefighters continue in the petrochemical industry of Tarragona soaking the industry where on Tuesday there was a strong explosion and a fire that caused one dead and eight wounded, and they plan to resume the search for the missing worker this morning.

Firefighters have reported that throughout the night, the thirty-staff members have continued to work in the facilities of Chemical Industries of Ethylene Oxide (IQOXE), located in La Canonja , next to the N-340, where about 18.41 hours This Tuesday there was a big explosion for causes that are now being investigated .

Firefighters have worked by cooling the exterior of the ethylene oxide tank of the industry, where the fire broke out, but at 02.00 hours, for security reasons, they have suspended the search tasks of the worker who remains predictably disappeared inside Factory facilities .

A camera records the exact moment of deflagration.

The police, for their part, are currently restricting access to their posts to workers in neighboring companies, while the Collapsed Structures Group and the Canine Rescue Group also work in the industry, dedicated to the elaboration of ethylene oxide , which is not toxic but very flammable.

The explosion could be heard several kilometers around , and injured eight workers of the chemical company, two of whom were evacuated to the Vall d'Hebron hospital in Barcelona, one in critical condition and the other very serious .

A neighbor of the Torreforta neighborhood, in Tarragona, located about two kilometers from the site of the explosion, is until now the only fatal victim of the incident, after the shock wave caused the partial collapse of a five-story building .

First images of the interior of the petrochemical plant after deflagration.

Tarragona City Council sources said last night that, in the absence of the investigation, one of the hypotheses is that the man died after hitting his head during the shaking of the building

Civil Protection, meanwhile, has reported that rail traffic on lines R14, R15, R16, R17, RT1 and RT2 has been recovered early in the morning, which remained cut due to the explosion, although between Tarragona and Reus is circulated in a single way due to damage to the catenary.

The Mossos also regulate the connection of the AP-7 with the N-340, which is closed for dangerous goods vehicles.

IQOXE is the only producer of Ethylene Oxide in Spain, with an installed capacity of 140,000 tons per year, and 50% of this production is destined to the manufacture of Glycol, one of the main raw materials for the production of PET polymers .

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