No more hope of finding missing people alive

One day after the severe explosion in the Leverkusen chemical park with at least two dead, the operating company has no hope of finding the five missing people alive. “We assume that we will no longer find them alive,” said Frank Hyldmar, Managing Director of Currenta, on Wednesday in Leverkusen. Meanwhile, the search for the missing went on. The cause of the accident remained unclear.

Four of the missing are employees of Currenta. One is an employee of an external company. One of the dead was also employed by an external company. “It cannot be put into words what the relatives go through,” said Labor Director Wolfgang Homey.