Spain: Chemical plant explosion kills 1, injures at least 6
MADRID — A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain killed one person and gravely injured at least six others Tuesday, regional authorities said.
A local government spokesman for the port city of Tarragona, where the plant is located, said a preliminary investigation indicated the force of the blast killed an individual in a nearby neighbourhood.
The spokesman said he had no further details. He spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with City Hall regulations.
The interior minister of Spain’s Catalonia region, Miquel Buch, tweeted that the explosion caused one death and left six people injured while one person remained missing.