China chemical plant blast kills scores, injures hundreds

[Just AnotherPerson]

See more at the link https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ll/3242779002/




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BEIJING – A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations has killed at least 47 people and injured hundreds of others, 90 of them seriously.

Thursday’s blast in an industrial park in the city of Yancheng, north of Shanghai, was one of China’s worst industrial accidents in recent years. State-run television showed crushed cars, blown out windows and workers leaving the factory with bloodied heads.

Schools were closed and nearly 1,000 residents were moved to safety as a precaution against leaks and additional explosions, the city government said in a statement posted to its microblog.

The blast created a crater and more than 900 firefighters were deployed to extinguish the fire that burned into the night.

Windows in buildings as far as about 6 kilometers (4 miles) away were blown out by the force of the blast, which caused a magnitude 2.2 seismic shock.

[Just AnotherPerson]

Wow looks like Texas also had a chemical fire. Is it a coincidence?

See more at the link https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/us/te...day/index.html

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(CNN)A shelter-in-place order for two neighboring Texas cities was lifted Thursday, one day after a massive chemical fire that filled the sky with smoke for days in southeastern parts of the state was finally snuffed out.

The city of Deer Park lifted the order at 11:40 a.m. after earlier concerns about "levels of benzene or other volatile organic compounds within city limits."

At least six area school districts had canceled classes Thursday.

"According to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Harris County HAZMAT teams and a private contractor on-site at Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) Deer Park site, air quality readings are improving, and over the last few hours, they have been significantly reduced," said Deer Park Emergency Services Director Robert Hemminger.

[Peter1469]

Yes, coincidence.