At the GEA Refrigeration company in Den Bosch an explosion occurred Monday morning. According to a spokesman for the North-West Security Region, a gas cylinder with fifty liters of ammonia has exploded. There are five light injured. Happiness in an accident was that the company’s employees had a break at the time of the explosion.
An area of about two hundred meters around the building was taken out of precaution immediately after the explosion. Companies were evacuated. There was a hanging around the property, on the former Grasso site, an ammonia air. According to the fire department, this has not produced a danger to the environment.
The area was released after eleven hours. The building where the explosion took place is still deposited. GEA Refrigeration is a refrigeration company. For example, compressors are made. According to the fire brigade, ammonia is used as a cooling gas.
The cylinder exploded according to the spokesman of the Security Region during daily work. What went wrong is not known. This has yet to be investigated.
Source: www.bd.nl