By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 22 Mar 2019 • 14:15
CHEMICAL FACTORY EXPLOSION: The industrial complex in Yancheng, China. Photo credit: Twitter / @XHNews
A HUGE explosion has ripped through a chemical factory manufacturing pesticides in Yancheng, a coastal city in eastern China.
Officials say the death toll has risen to 47 with more than 640 reported injured according to a local newspaper.
There are reports of 32 critically injured people and 58 in a serious condition who have been transferred to 16 hospitals in the area. It is believed that children from a nearby nursery are among the casualties.
The fire at the Tianjiayi Chemical Co plant has been extinguished and China’s President Xi Jinping Fri has demanded all-out efforts to rescue victims adding environment monitoring and an early warning system should be strengthened to prevent environmental pollution and secondary disasters.
In China, Tianjiayi Chemical Co., Ltd. explosion accident 1 pic.twitter.com/HmZkMYHfJl — Samuel (@chnsed) March 21, 2019
In China, Tianjiayi Chemical Co., Ltd. explosion accident 1 pic.twitter.com/HmZkMYHfJl
— Samuel (@chnsed) March 21, 2019
#BREAKING Updates #China chemical plant blast|31 injured people have been rescued out of the scene,rescuers confirmed.There are many houses and schools near the explosion zone. One kindergarten is less than 1 mile away from the scene.Some children have been reported injured. pic.twitter.com/dzXlopKvB8 — Gregory Song (@GregWSong) March 21, 2019
#BREAKING Updates #China chemical plant blast|31 injured people have been rescued out of the scene,rescuers confirmed.There are many houses and schools near the explosion zone. One kindergarten is less than 1 mile away from the scene.Some children have been reported injured. pic.twitter.com/dzXlopKvB8
— Gregory Song (@GregWSong) March 21, 2019
#BREAKING A huge explosion occurred at a chemical industry park in Yancheng, the coastal city in eastern #China.Multiple people injured,per local media. The explosive substance is benzene,fire department confirmed. pic.twitter.com/VRZkBrNjyi — Gregory Song (@GregWSong) March 21, 2019
#BREAKING A huge explosion occurred at a chemical industry park in Yancheng, the coastal city in eastern #China.Multiple people injured,per local media. The explosive substance is benzene,fire department confirmed. pic.twitter.com/VRZkBrNjyi
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