2 Hurt in Large Acetate Plant Fire and Other Chemical Industry News
Two people were reportedly injured in a massive fire that broke out last week at the Purechem Pvt. Ltd. chemical plant at the Sundar Industrial Estate in Lahore, Pakistan. Several parts of the facility were destroyed during the incident. Dozens of firefighters worked for eight hours to douse the flames. A report by Pakistani newspaper The Nation said millions of rupees worth of equipment and other items were destroyed. One image captured at the scene shows large portions of the plant were destroyed or heavily damaged. Purechem manufactures ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, n-propyl acetate, ...