2023-06-14 18:48:10
Butachimie is a production site for nylon components. SEBASTIEN BOZON v AFP
The explosion occurred at the Butachimie de Chalampé company, a site classified as high threshold Seveso. The injured are in “relative emergency”.
An explosion in a chemical factory in the south of Alsace left five injured on Wednesday.in relative urgency“, we learned from the Haut-Rhin prefecture. The explosion occurred at the Butachimie company in Chalampé, in a retention pit located in a production workshop, the prefecture said. The site is classified Seveso high threshold. “The first elements suggest that there is no danger for the population“, we said from the same source. Butachimie, for its part, specified that the explosion had occurred at 1:40 p.m. The site is close to Basel in Switzerland, and Friborg in Germany. “The incident is under control. We will make every effort to determine the causes, in collaboration with the various expertssaid a company communications manager.
Butachimie is a production site for nylon components. The Chalampé plant thus produces 35% of the world’s adiponitrile, a highly toxic organic compound, according to the company’s website. According to the local daily newspaper L’Alsace, 1,150 employees from partner companies are present on site. The site is currently shut down for regulatory checks, inspections and maintenance work, the newspaper writes.
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