19 November 2013
Details
An Explosion
occured in a unit at the Total Antwerp Refinery
at around 3.00 p.m. on November 19,
Unfortunately, two contractor employees were killed.
Following the explosion, some of the units were shutdown
and the emergency plan activated.
The explosion occured while maintenance was being performed
on a steam generation system in a gasoline production unit.
No fire resulted and no hydrocarbons were released.
The situation is now under control.
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