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Two contractors dead in Germany after gas cylinder explosion at Bosch site
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Two contractors died after a gas cylinder exploded at Bosch's site in Reutlingen, Germany. The explosion was caused by a silane gas leak, and investigations are ongoing.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Two contractors died after a gas cylinder exploded on the premises of Bosch, the world's largest car parts supplier, German police and the company said on Tuesday.
Police in the southwestern German city of Reutlingen said a gas cylinder had started leaking silane gas outdoors at about 0700 GMT on Tuesday when several workers went to investigate.
The company said two employees of a contractor were killed by the explosion, and another was lightly injured.
"We are deeply saddened by the death of the two employees of the external company. Our thoughts are with their families," a spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.
Investigations are underway to determine the reason for silane gas leak, the company said.
(Writing by Friederike Heine, Editing by Victoria Waldersee and Jan Harvey)
The main topic is the fatal gas cylinder explosion at Bosch's site in Germany, which resulted in the death of two contractors.
The explosion was caused by a silane gas leak at Bosch's site in Reutlingen, Germany.
Two contractors working for an external company were killed in the explosion.
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