(Adds details from Total statement)
PARIS/BRUSSELS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - An explosion at Total's Antwerp refinery in Belgium, Europe's second-largest, killed at least one person, forced the evacuation of the site and caused a partial outage on Tuesday, a company spokeswoman said.
Two people were still missing, Total added in an emailed statement.
"We confirm that there has been an explosion on a steam pipe in the refining part of the petrochemical complex," the spokeswoman said.
"There is one death confirmed," she said, adding that the person was employed by a subcontractor, without giving details.
The explosion occurred at 1400 GMT, Total said.
"As a consequence of the explosion, a part of the installations are stopped, and the emergency plan of the refinery has been activated," Total said.
"The refinery is evacuated," the company said, adding that there was no impact on the environment.
Total is investing 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion) at the 340,000 barrel-per-day Belgian refining and petrochemical complex to boost diesel-making capacity and cut costs, it said earlier this year. ($1 = 0.7394 euros) (Reporting by Muriel Boselli in Paris, Robert-Jan Bartunek in Brussels and Ron Bousso in London; Writing by Michel Rose; Editing by James Regan)
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