3 blasts at Tata Steelworks plant in UK

At least three blasts were reported at the UK’s largest Tata Steelworks plant in Port Talbot, injuring two persons, according to a media report.

The blast at the plant in Port Talbot, Wales occurred around3.35 am (local time), BBC reported.

   

South Wales Police department said they are aware of anincident in the Tata Steelworks plant.

“Emergency services are in attendance and furtherinformation will be released shortly,” the department tweeted.

The police said they received calls at 3:35 AM (local time)reporting an explosion at the plant. “At this time we there are just twocasualties with minor injuries.”

A Tata Steel spokesman said the company was working withemergency services and the fires at the plant are “under control”

“We can confirm there has been an incident at our PortTalbot site,” he said, adding that “the emergency services haveattended and are working with our on-site services.”

“The fires has been extinguished, and that a fullinvestigation launched into the incident, which it said started after a”spillage of liquid iron as it was travelling to the steel plant,”Tata Steel said in a statement.

Early indications suggested the explosion came from a trainused to carry molten metal, police was quoted as saying by the report.

“The explosion caused some small fires which are allunder control and damage to some buildings on the site,” the spokesmansaid.

Locals reported their houses shook with the force of a blastat the Tata Steel site in Port Talbot in the early hours of Friday.

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