Overview
- The blaze erupted around 15:30 following three explosions, about an hour after employees had departed the site.
- Emergency services warned residents to keep away from windows and the area as a dense smoke column spread over the town.
- Firefighters used two mechanical ladders to attack the flames from the roof of the nearly 4,000-square-meter facility.
- Early hypotheses suggest stored oils and plastic materials fed the fire, and the precise cause is under investigation.
- Opened in 2003 with an estimated €4 million investment, the plant sat within Santoña’s food-industry park, and neighboring factories were not damaged.