Intel Plant in Israel Experiences Hazardous Material Leak After Fatal Explosion
Translated & summarized from Globes by baba
A hazardous material leak of trifluoronitrogen is occurring at Intel's Kiryat Gat plant following a fatal explosion that killed two workers. Emergency services are on site, and the area has been evacuated with no reported injuries from the leak. This incident follows a deadly gas cylinder explosion on October 14th and is the latest in a series of accidents at the facility.
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- A hazardous material leak of trifluoronitrogen is occurring at Intel's Kiryat Gat plant.
- The leak follows a deadly explosion on October 14th that killed two employees, Ilya Chechulin and Yakir Koshvili.
- Police suspect a gas cylinder explosion caused the initial blast, damaging tanks containing the hazardous material.
- The area has been evacuated, and emergency services are responding to the leak.
- This is the second incident at the plant in less than a week and follows several past fatal accidents.
A hazardous material leak of trifluoronitrogen is currently occurring at Intel's plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, following a deadly explosion that claimed the lives of two employees. The area has been evacuated as a precaution, and no injuries have been reported from the leak itself. Emergency services, including firefighters and rescue teams, are on site. The leak is described as relatively small by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
The incident follows an explosion on Wednesday, October 14th, which killed employees Ilya Chechulin and Yakir Koshvili. Police suspect a gas cylinder explosion caused the initial blast, which also damaged tanks containing trifluoronitrogen. While not flammable, trifluoronitrogen is an oxidizer and considered dangerous. The current leak stems from one of these damaged tanks, marking a second major incident at the facility in less than a week.
This is not the first accident at the Kiryat Gat Intel plant. In 2007, an American engineer died at the site of a new plant construction. In 2008, a worker was killed there. More recently, in April 2025, 20-year-old Mohammed Abu Kaf, a resident of Segev Shalom, died after being struck by a lifting platform. In November 2024, a crane collapsed within the plant, injuring three people lightly.
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