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Hundreds of firefighters battle blaze at Quinn Glass siteSimeon Goldstein, 7 December 2009Be the first to comment on this article Firefighters spent 11 hours tackling a blaze at Quinn Glass’s Derrylin plant in Northern Ireland on Saturday night after approximately 400 tonnes of molten glass leaked from one of the two furnaces. The fire broke out at around 9.00pm on Saturday after a furnace support system failed and the molten glass leaked into the containment field below. 30 fire appliances and 126 firefighters from across Northern Ireland and County Cavan in the Republic attended the blaze, which took 11 hours to bring under control. Four workers who had tried to control the outbreak at the 24-hour operation were taken to hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation, according to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service. Quinn Glass director Adrian Curry said in a statement there was no risk to jobs of the 378 people employed at the site or supply to customers. “The second furnace is unaffected and it is expected that full production will be restored within two weeks,” he said. Click here for today’s headlines from across the packaging industry Speak Your Mind |
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