A fire broke out near the American city of St. Louis, Missouri, accompanied by explosions, Fox2Now reported on April 29.
It is noted that the Manor Chemical plant is on fire, in the buildings of which barrels of chemicals are stored. According to preliminary data, no one was injured as a result of the incident.
According to the journalists, the smoke cloud can be seen several miles from the scene. Law enforcers are evacuating about 3 thousand residents from the area.
Firefighters started to liquidate the fire. The experts expressed the hope that the promptness of the rescuers will help to avoid the explosion of all chemicals.
On April 20, a raw sugar storage facility at the Domino Sugars sugar factory caught fire in Baltimore, Maryland. The structure has partially collapsed. All employees of the enterprise managed to evacuate on their own, no information about the victims was reported.