Petrochemicals giant Ineos has been fined £400,000 after gas leaked from a cracked pipe creating a potentially explosive cloud over its Grangemouth site.

The May 2, 2017 incident sparked a full-scale emergency response as 17,000 tonnes of flammable gas leaked from the 10-inch corroded pipe.

Roads surrounding the area were closed and the area evacuated as on-site firefighters deployed special hoses to create a wall of water to prevent the ethylene gas from reaching the plant’s furnaces and exploding.