Search for five missing workers at German explosion site continues

Emergency vehicles close to the blast site in Leverkusen (Oliver Berg/dpa via AP)

Rescue teams in western Germany are continuing to search for five missing workers at an industrial park for chemical companies where an explosion killed at least two people and injured 31 others, according to reports.

The explosion at the waste management facility of the Chempark site in the city of Leverkusen, near Cologne, on Tuesday produced a blaze that took firefighters almost four hours to extinguish.