Fatal chemical blasts may cut global diaper output

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Jiji Press / AFP - Getty ImagesA cloud of smoke rises from a chemical plant in Himeji city, Hyogo prefecture on Saturday.By NBC News staff and wire servicesOSAKA — Explosions at a chemical plant in Hyogo Prefecture on Saturday killed a firefighter and injured dozens of people, the Japan Times reported, citing local fire department and police officials said. Global production of diapers could be affected because the plant made a key ingredient in a resin used in them, Japanese media reported.

 

Follow @NBCNewsWorld A fire broke out about 2 p.m. after an abnormal chemical reaction at Nippon Shokubai Co.'s plant in Himeji, the Japan Times said.


The first explosion occurred about 2:40 p.m. as firefighters were spraying an acrylic acid tank with water, and the second followed shortly afterward, the Times said, citing Nippon Shokubai. The blasts set ablaze a fire engine.

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[KingFemzee]

Tragic, that should be a worry for nursing mothers though...lol