Asking people to close doors and windows after discharge of ammonia in Vesterålen. – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Latest: Police reports 2:30 p.m. the leak is stopped and that there is venting now. All barriers are raised.

Monday at 13 o’clock notified police about an ammonia emissions by Norway Seafoods factory in Melbu in Vesterålen, type NTB.

A male worker is sent to Stokmarknes Hospital for a medical check. Police have evacuated all employees of the company and all others within a radius of 600 meters, according Vesterålen Online.

Polite now looking for the source of the leak.

– We have three smoke divers inside, and we expect that the gas disappears pretty quickly when we have done it, says operations Stein Wilhelmsen at Midtre Hålogaland police told Dagbladet.

Midtre Hålogaland police also requesting people on Melbu keep doors and windows closed.

The explosion must have taken place on the same day factory performed a maintenance work. Police can not confirm that this is the cause of the incident.

Both ferry rents and hotel Melbu located within the area are closed off.