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Images shared on social media showed a huge smoke cloud rising into the sky. One person tweeted they felt their house shake in Bergisch Gladbach, whihc is around seven miles away from Leverkusen.
They tweeted: “Bayer … Or ???
“We noticed it all the way to Bergisch Gladbach… The house shook.”
Someone else said their “windows were still vibrating” and tweeted: “My windows were still vibrating in GL.
“Now I hear warning sirens. Bayer?”
The warning app, Nina, urged people in the district of Bürrig to go inside and close all doors and windows.
It said: “Explosion in Bürrig, warning level: extreme danger
“Close your doors and windows, go inside buildings, only call 112 if you have information on the events.”
They urged people to listen to the local radio station and avoid the affected area.
According to local reports, the first indication is that the explosion happened at a garbage incineration plant in Bürrig.
The fire brigade also asked for help to keep the emergency number free.
A large cloud of black smoke can also be seen from Cologne – which is around 18km away from Leverkusen.
According to the Cologne fire brigade, there is currently no danger in the city area.
Officers from the Cologne fire brigade are on-site to investigate the situation.
The local radio station Radio Leverkusen says it happened at around 9.30 local time.
But they said they cannot send reporters to the scene as they do not know if some “dangerous substances” may have been leaked.
They said: “Currently it is still not clear what kind of gasses might have escaped, we will keep you updated.”
More to follow…
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