Date: May 26, 2019
Location: Lugo, Galicia (Spain)
Address: LU-546, Km. 1, 27160 Nadela
Type: Dust Explosion
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Board Production (Wood and Wood Products)
Equipment: Silo
Company: Tableros Hispanos
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: One Dead, One Injured
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to the company website, Tableros Hispanos is a wood processing company located in Lugos, Spain. It is a subsidiary of the Martin Group and has been in operation since 2014. The company manufactures agglomerated and melamine board in a wide variety of measurements and designs.
Incident Description:
On May 26, 2019, Faro de Vigo reported an explosion and fire at a board factory in Lugo, Spain.
The incident occurred a few minutes before midnight. Two wood chip silos were involved. One exploded and the other one was emptied by the emergency services, which caused two workers to be seriously injured. They were rushed to a nearby hospital, one with burns on 90% of his body and the other with 70% of his body burned. One of them subsequently died.
Emergency services had the fire under control by 7:10 a.m. but a fire reignited in one of the affected silos the following afternoon.
Sources:
Faro de Vigo