Debris from a downed Iranian missile causes a large fire at a chemical plant in southern Israel

A downed Iranian missile causes a fire in a chemical plant in southern Israel and forces the population to be moved away due to risk of contamination.

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Israeli firefighters are busy extinguishing a fire that broke out this afternoon in a chemical plant located in southern Israel, originated after the impact of fragments of a downed Iranian missile, and have ordered residents to stay away from the area due to the risk of possible contamination.

The projectile has fallen on a factory located in the Neot Hovav industrial park, where it has caused the breakage of several tanks of chemical substances used in the production of pesticides.

For now, there is only record of a lightly injured person, according to the information provided by the Israeli Emergency service.