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Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Deadly blast at China chemical plant leaves behind twisted wreckage
STORY: :: May 27, 2025 At least five people were killed when a chemical plant exploded in China's Shandong province on Tuesday. Reuters was able to verify this social media video of the damage after the blast. A day later, Reuters saw smoke was still rising from the wreckage of the facility - - though officials said the fire had been contained. According to state media, six people remain missing and 19 people were injured as of Wednesday morning The plant is owned by Shandong Youdao Chemical in the city of Gaomi, not far from China's eastern coast. :: May 27, 2025 The blast happened around noon Tuesday. Hours later, China's emergency response authority said that more than 200 emergency workers responded to the incident. Fire engines were seen in drone videos aired by Chinese state TV. Local officials say they had conducted air quality checks, but had not released results by Wednesday afternoon. According to Shandong Youdao Chemical's website, the plant makes chemicals for pesticides and pharmaceuticals and employs more than 300 people. Tuesday's events are not the only explosion at Chinese chemical plants in recent years. Last year saw one in the northwest region of Ningxia and there was another in the southeastern province of Jiangxi in 2023.
Al Jazeera
7 days ago
- General
- Al Jazeera
At least five reported killed in large explosion at China chemical plant
At least five people have been killed and 19 injured in a huge chemical plant explosion in eastern China, according to state media reports. Six people were still missing following the explosion at the plant operated by Shandong Youdao Chemical in the city of Weifang in Shandong province late on Tuesday morning, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV and state-run Xinhua agency reported. The plant, situated in an industrial park, manufactures chemical components for use in pesticides and pharmaceuticals, they said. Videos circulating on Chinese social media and verified by the Reuters news agency showed plumes of orange and black smoke billowing into the sky. Windows of nearby buildings were ripped from their hinges by the explosion, one of the videos showed. Authorities launched a large response to the explosion and the blaze it ignited, with officials sending more than 230 responders to the scene, according to CCTV. Drone video posted by The Beijing News, a government-run publication, showed smoke emerging from the chemical plant and from a second, unidentified facility nearby. Baidu Maps, a navigation app, shows other manufacturing companies next to Youdao's plant, including a textile company, a machinery company and a firm that makes industrial coating materials. The Weifang Ecological Environment Bureau dispatched staff to test the site of the blast, but said no results were available yet. It advised nearby residents to wear face masks in the meantime, The Beijing News reported. A local resident, who did not wish to be identified for fear of repercussions, said in a video that his home, more than 7km (4.3 miles) from the plant, shook from the impact of the explosion, The Associated Press news agency reported. A statement from China's emergency response authority urged response crews to quickly contain the fire and establish the number of people affected. Shandong Youdao Chemical was established in August 2019 in the Gaomi Renhe chemical park in Weifang, according to the company's website. The plant covers about 47 hectares (116 acres) and has more than 300 employees. Blasts at chemical plants in China in recent years have included one in the northwest region of Ningxia in 2024 and another in the southeastern province of Jiangxi in 2023. Two massive explosions at warehouses containing hazardous and flammable chemicals in the port city of Tianjin in 2015 killed more than 170 people and injured 700. The incident prompted the government to tighten laws covering chemical storage. Another explosion in 2015 at a chemical plant in Shandong killed 13 people.
BreakingNews.ie
7 days ago
- General
- BreakingNews.ie
At least five dead and 19 injured in chemical plant explosion in China
At least five people have died and 19 have been injured in a chemical plant explosion in eastern China, state broadcaster CCTV has reported. The huge blast rocked the facility in the country's eastern Shandong province at around midday on Tuesday, the broadcaster said, with thick plumes of black smoke visible from the site. Advertisement The authorities said six people remained missing. The blast was powerful enough to knock out the windows at a storage warehouse more than two miles (3km) away from the factory, according to a video shared by a local resident. His home shook from the blast, he said. As he went to the window to see what was wrong, he saw a tall column of smoke from the site, more than four miles (7km) away. The explosion happened at the Gaomi Youdao Chemical Co, which is located in an industrial park in the city of Weifang. It manufactures pesticides as well as chemicals for medical use, and has more than 500 employees according to corporate registration records. Advertisement Rescuers have been dispatched to the scene of the incident, but authorities have yet to announce if there are any casualties. Local fire officials sent more than 230 personnel to the scene, according to CCTV.
