No injuries reported after explosion at Cornwall, Ont., chemical plant
Posted Aug 27, 2013 08:17:16 AM.
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CORNWALL, Ont. – All workers are safe and accounted for after an explosion at a chemical plant in Cornwall Tuesday morning.
Police and firefighters were called to the BASF plant on Wallrich Avenue just after 6 a.m.
Cornwall police Const. Dan Cloutier says the scale of the explosion was “relatively small”. Police have given the area the “all clear”.
Clouthier tells 1310News at no point was there a fire. “The sealed vessel that ruptured contained some product”.
BASF is a global chemical corporation which manufactures monomeric and polymeric plasticizers.
Clouthier expects the Ministry of Labour and T.S.S.A will be called in to investigate.
The Cornwall plant has nearly 30 employees.
