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Probe launched into gas leak at Ineos Grangemouth refinery | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A full investigation has been launched into the cause of a gas leak at the Grangemouth petrochemical site. | |
Eight fire appliances attended the refinery and police officers were sent to the site shortly after 12:00. | |
Refinery owners Ineos said there were no casualties as a result of the incident. | |
Ineos said a leak was detected on a pipe carrying ethylene gas in its Kinneil Gas manufacturing plant which was being isolated. | |
The company said in a statement: "Staff were evacuated from the immediate area and our well-practiced emergency procedures were implemented with the incident management team being mobilised. | |
"Measures were put in place to contain the leak in the immediate vicinity of the affected plant and as an ongoing precaution road closures remain in place. | |
"All of the people working in the area have been accounted for and there were no injuries. | |
"Other areas within the Grangemouth complex, including the adjacent refinery were unaffected by the incident. | |
"A full investigation into the cause of the incident is under way. | |
"The regulators have been kept fully informed throughout." | |
Pupils at primary and secondary schools in Grangemouth were kept indoors over lunchtime as a precaution at the request of the police, a Falkirk Council spokesman said. | Pupils at primary and secondary schools in Grangemouth were kept indoors over lunchtime as a precaution at the request of the police, a Falkirk Council spokesman said. |
A spokesman for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "At 12.12 on Tuesday, 2 May the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to reports of a gas leak at the Grangemouth petrochemical site." | |
Police Scotland said it attended the incident at about 12:15 and that it had closed a number of access roads. | |