Firefighters extinguish a fire, after a blast hit a chemical plant in the northern German city of Ritterhude, early September 10, 2014. The blast hit the chemical plant late Tuesday and damaged several nearby buildings, police said. Officials did not evacuate nearby residential buildings after the explosion at around 1830 GMT, said police spokesman Marcus Neumann in the district of Osterholz. The residents in the street directly beside the burning chemical plant were advised to leave their homes for the night voluntarily as a precaution.
REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (GERMANY - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY DISASTER SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)