Clean-up work underway at fire-ravaged chemical plant

Clean-up work is underway at the Unipetrol chemical plant near Litvínov which was ravaged by a massive fire on Thursday. It took fire crews 48 hours to put out the blaze and cool the facility. Experts have repeatedly been taking ground samples and testing the air for pollutants. So far no toxic substances have been uncovered, confirming Unipetrol’s earlier claim that no toxic substances were released into the environment during the explosion that set off the blaze. The cause of the accident is being investigated.