FrieslandCampina Lochem temporarily evicted

A FrieslandCampina business building in Lochem was temporarily evicted on Tuesday 25 July. The cause of this was a chemical reaction with nitric acid. Tubantia reports that.

The first report of the incident came in Tuesday morning. "A leak was found in a vessel containing nitric acid and an orange cloud formed within a short period of time. This was caused by the nitric acid coming into contact with another chemical," explains Andre Meilink of the North and East Gelderland Security Region.

Employees surveyed
About 120 employees of the cooperative had to leave the building. According to Meilink, several people have come into contact with the orange vapor. "I can't say exactly how many, but it concerns at least 5 people."

Cause
Debbie de Wagenaar, spokesperson for FrieslandCampina, indicates that many of the suggestive stories are not correct. "There was a nitrous vapor in a reaction to nitric acid. The cloud that was released was quickly dissolved."

Nitric acid is used for cleaning tanks and pipes. The dairy manufacturer will have an investigation into how the incident could have taken place.

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