Kronospan apologises after ‘fibre release’ over Chirk – youth football called off after coughing & ‘fibres in eyes’

Kronospan in Chirk have have apologised after a large ‘fibre release’ last night resulted in wood fibres being ’emitted off the site’ – with several residents saying it was as though it was snowing.

Complaints about the fibres ‘falling from the sky’ and into people’s gardens were made at around 6:30pm last night, with a number of residents getting in touch to comment on the small piles of dust gathering on cars and on the ground.

Multiple accounts from Chirk last night also reference a local youth football match called off due to the impact of the fibres in the air.

@wrexham Kronsospan currently kicking out a stupid amount of crap into the Chirk air 😠 pic.twitter.com/pU9JzaoyLW

— 60MinutesWith (@60MinutesWith) September 13, 2017

This morning a spokesperson for the company issued an apology and urged anyone who has been affected to contact Kronospan.

The spokesperson said: “Kronospan wishes to profusely apologise to residents for the incident that led to a fibre release last evening, leading to wood fibres being emitted off site

“The process was immediately stopped, and a clean-up process both on and off site was implemented.”

“Initial investigations indicate that one of the cyclones on MDF blocked, and this is now being cleared to allow us to identify the precise cause of this failure.”

“Anyone who has been affected by this we would urge them to contact the factory on 01691 773361.”

A large number of pictures and video detailing the result of the fibre release are circulating online, including the below shared by Joanne to a local Facebook group:

Scenes in chirk as @Kronospan pollutes air and youth football teams cough fibres in eyes and match is called off pic.twitter.com/4fFHxOYcWz

— pinnie rowlandson (@adpinnie) September 13, 2017

Last week there was a large fire at the site, requiring six crews to attend. Further to our report on the incident the below CCTV footage of the moment of explosion has emerged:

Thanks to the “Stop Kronospan Pollution Group” for the above video/images.