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Twelve people were injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in Germany on Wednesday. Several of the victims were taken to hospital. It happened
Twelve people were injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in Germany on Wednesday.
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Several of the victims were taken to hospital.
It happened at the Currenta complex at Krefeld in the west of the country.
The fire service said a number of buildings were damaged in the blast.
According to a press release on Currrenta’s website the explosion caused a leakage of titanium dioxide and nitrogen, but no high levels of chemicals were detected in the area.