Manufacturing unit of Kazanorgsintez JSC on fire

On June, 18 at 9.40 a.m. the fire broke out at the manufacturing unit of Kazanorgsintez, a Russian producer of LDPE, said the company press service.

The fire had started  as a  result of seal failure of the equipment and  the following explosion  accompanied by ethylene burning. The fire was put out at 10.08 a.m. Luckily, nobody was injured, and the damages are insignificant. The accident did not harm the  environment as the released  ethylene had burnt in gas purifying system.  The expert commission will be gathered soon for this case investigation, it will get the facts straight and will estimate economic damages.

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