Recently, the chemical workers were worried about the impact of the explosion of a chemical plant in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. The follow-up to the accident: the open fire has been put out, fortunately, no casualties, and the cause of the accident is still under further investigation.


Foreign chemical plants that exploded on the same day were less fortunate. At present, one person has been killed and at least nine injured.


What's more, the explosion factory is also the main producer of chemical raw materials. The accident happened in large industrial parks in Europe. Do chemical raw materials rise again years ago?


A large-scale explosion at a chemical plant in the port city of Tarragona in Catalonia, northeastern Spain, killed one person and injured at least nine people, three of whom were seriously injured, on the evening of the 14th local time.


After the accident, more than 20 fire trucks, 11 emergency vehicles and a helicopter went to the scene for rescue. According to the associated press, a spokesman for the city government where the chemical plant is located said preliminary investigations showed that the explosion killed a resident in a nearby residential area. The local fire department tweeted that the man died in the building affected by the explosion.


The interior minister of Catalonia, Miquel Buch, said nine workers were injured at the blast plant, three of them seriously injured and one missing. Local residents posted videos of the explosion, with flames and a cloud of black smoke rising from a large industrial area. "There are about 30 people working in the area near the explosion to cool the storage tanks containing chemicals. In addition, a small part of the fire is still burning, and the staff are cooling and putting out the fire," the local government said The local Defense Department advised nearby residents to close the doors and windows as much as possible and stay indoors, saying there is no evidence that the explosion produced toxic gases. Nearby roads were temporarily closed, and trains in the neighbouring Province of taragona were suspended.


The accident enterprise is the only ethylene oxide and glycol manufacturer in Spain and Portugal!


According to the official website of iqox e, the company is the only ethylene oxide producer in Spain. 50% of them are used to produce ethylene glycol, which is one of the main raw materials for PET polymer production. Ethylene oxide is a compound used in the manufacture of detergents, solvents and other products.