Suspected Hazardous Material Leak at Intel Plant Days After Fatal Explosion
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
A suspected hazardous material leak occurred at Intel's Kiryat Gat plant on Monday, just days after a fatal nitrogen tank explosion killed two workers. Employees were reportedly told to shelter in place. The previous incident, which critically injured a third worker, is being investigated as a possible technical failure involving a nitrogen trifluoride tank. Paramedics described the scene of the initial explosion as severe.
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- A suspected hazardous material leak was reported at Intel's Kiryat Gat plant on Monday.
- The incident occurred less than a week after a fatal nitrogen tank explosion at the same facility.
- The previous explosion killed two Intel employees, Ilya Chechulin and Yakir Koshvili.
- A third employee was critically injured in the prior explosion and remains hospitalized.
- Employees at the plant were reportedly instructed to shelter in place due to the suspected leak.
- The earlier explosion may have been caused by a technical failure in a nitrogen trifluoride tank.
Less than a week after a fatal nitrogen tank explosion at Intel's Kiryat Gat facility, which killed two employees, a suspected hazardous material leak was reported at the same location on Monday. Employees reported being instructed to shelter in place within the building.
The explosion the previous week claimed the lives of Intel employees Ilya Chechulin, 49, and Yakir Koshvili, 35. A third employee, in his twenties, was critically injured and hospitalized in intensive care, sedated and on a ventilator.
According to the Fire and Rescue Services, the initial disaster was likely caused by a technical failure involving the neck of a tank containing eight tons of nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃). The incident is considered rare, and it remains unclear if it resulted from wear and tear or could have been prevented.
Paramedics on the scene described the initial event as severe, with three workers suffering severe burns. Two were without pulse or respiration, and life-saving resuscitation efforts were performed before they were transported to the hospital in critical condition.
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