- Title: Explosion hits chemical plant, smoke fills sky near Venice
- Date: 15th May 2020
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 15, 2020) (REUTERS) STREET IN CANARY WHARF BUSINESS DISTRICT, EAST LONDON VARIOUS OF SIGN READING (English): "WE ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCING ON THE CANARY WHARF ESTATE" PLAZA IN CANARY WHARF CANARY WHARF UNDERGROUND STATION ENTRANCE / SIGN READING (English): "WE ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCING ON THE CANARY WHARF ESTATE" STATUE CANARY WHARF BUILDIN
- Embargoed: 29th May 2020 13:35
- Keywords: Italy Marghera Venice blast chemical plant explosion fire smoke
- Location: VENICE AND MARGHERA, ITALY
- City: VENICE AND MARGHERA, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA004CE1L2DJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Clouds of thick black smoke filled the sky after an explosion at a chemicals plant in an industrial zone near Venice sent flames billowing on Friday (May 15), prompting local authorities to order residents to stay inside and close doors and windows.
Smoke was seen over the lagoon in the city of Venice, while dozens of firefighters worked to calm the blaze.
The local Corriere del Veneto newspaper reported that a worker had been injured in the blast, which occurred in the Porto Marghera area on the mainland, a few kilometres from the historic centre of the lagoon city.
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