Germany Chemical Plant Blast

An explosion at a chemical industry facility in western Germany on Saturday left three people injured and sent up a large cloud of smoke, authorities said. German news agency dapd reported that one employee sustained severe burns and was taken to a hospital by helicopter after the early-afternoon incident in Marl, in the Ruhr industrial region.

An explosion at a chemical industry facility in western Germany on Saturday left three people injured and sent up a large cloud of smoke, authorities said. German news agency dapd reported that one employee sustained severe burns and was taken to a hospital by helicopter after the early-afternoon incident in Marl, in the Ruhr industrial region.