Overview
- Emergency officials sent a follow-up ES-Alert around 5 p.m. local time saying the danger had ended and conditions were restored to normal.
- The failure was a rupture in piping on a 60,000‑liter liquefied natural gas tank at a meat-processing complex in Fuentes de Béjar, releasing cryogenic liquid at about −163°C.
- Military emergency units led a complex operation that capped the leak, checked the air with detectors, and transferred LNG to a safe tank without injuries.
- Earlier, authorities activated the Castilla y León civil‑protection plan and the local coordination center, set up a command post with drones, and deployed firefighters and the Guardia Civil.
- Roads near the plant, including the A‑66 and N‑630, were closed for hours and residents within roughly 7 kilometers were told to stay away, shut doors and windows, and avoid travel.