The Moerdijk chemicals packaging company which went up in flames last week may have broken its licencing conditions and could be liable, Breda mayor Peter van der Velden said on Tuesday.

Van der Velden was speaking on behalf of the public prosecution department and refused to answer any further questions, news agency ANP said.
A department spokesman told ANP officials had carried out searches of the Chemie-Pack offices, and that revealed possible infringements of the licence.
But he too refused to go into further details.
A spokesman for the company also refused to elaborate on the allegations

Dioxin
Meanwhile, it also emerged on Tuesday that cancer-causing dioxins had been found in the soot which had fallen with a 10-mile radius from the blaze. But the concentrations ‘were not unusual’ in the winter, Dordrecht mayor Arno Brok was quoted as saying by Nos tv.
A high concentration of dioxin found in grass growing 3 km from the fire was being looked into, he said.
Vegetables
Nevertheless, previous advice not to eat winter vegetables and to keep children and livestock indoors remains in force, Brok said.
Research is continuing on soot found outside a 10 km radius from the fire.
The public health commission RIVM says the concentration of chemicals is so low that it does not expect any adverse effect on human health.
Nevertheless, it has advised people who experience breathing or other problems, or who want to talk to a professional about the fall out from the fire, should get in touch with their doctor.
People involved in the clean-up operation should be given blood tests as a precaution, the RIVM said.