Skip to main content
Netherlands News in English

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Heineken Experience, Amsterdam
A long line of bottles at the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam - Credit: AndyBryant / Wikimedia Commons - License: Public Domain
Business
accident
Beer
boiler explosion
Brazil
Heineken
Jacarei
three injured
two killed
Friday, 29 January 2016 - 07:22

Share this article:

Two killed, three hurt at Heineken factory in Brazil

Two people were killed and three were injured in an accident in a Heineken factory on Brazil. According to the brewer, one of the boilers in the factory in Jacarei exploded, news wire ANP reports. About 400 people work in the factory, the largest of the six Heineken has in the country. The plant was shut down temporarily after the accident. Heineken stated that it regretted the incident and offered assistance to those involved. According to local media Fox News Lattino, the killed and injured workers were hired by a subcontractor. They were performing tests on one of the boilers when the explosion happened. The cause of the accident is still unclear.

More like this

Image
Brazilian chief executive Rafael Oliveira, set to be appointed as Heineken CEO.
Incoming Heineken chief receives 25 million euro share package
Image
Heineken sign in Amsterdam
Heineken to cut up to 6,000 jobs in two years; Booked €1.9 billion profit in 2025
Image
Heineken sign in Amsterdam
Heineken CEO Dolf van den Brink to step down at the end of May
Image
Police officer with police cars in the background
Two killed in single-vehicle crash on Hunnenweg in Voorthuizen
Make NL Times your top Google source

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • More young people using electric bicycles, RIVM concerned
  • AI model retirement, trade bans expose fragility of centralized artificial intelligence
  • More people buy second-hand electric car as fuel prices surge due to Iran war
  • New forensic method can prove link between explosive attacks
  • Ten Dutch municipalities summoned for failing to meet legal asylum shelter requirements

Top stories

  • New-build home sales in Netherlands fall 19% as market cools
  • At least 8 illegal designer drug sites back online via a foreign domain
  • Netherlands unprepared for extreme heat as new normal; Temps above 30°C again this week
  • "Understandable," grid operators say about Tilburg power cut to prevent grid overload
  • Dutch gov't relaxes rules for killing wolves without parliamentary approval

© 2012-2026, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Change Privacy Settings
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Partner Content