Overview

• Fire crews from the Cologne fire department contained a transformer blaze early on July 12 at the Chempark Dormagen site
• The incident caused a temporary power outage across the chemical park and adjacent areas of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Officials confirmed no injuries and stated there is no health hazard to the public
• An air monitoring vehicle collected samples on site and detected no abnormal pollutant levels
• Residents have been asked to keep windows and ventilation systems closed as a precautionary measure