38 at least people They were killed and two wounded in a fire in the factory in Central China, state media He said Tuesday.
The firewhich the authorities blamed on Illegal welding, break out in the factory in Anyang city in Henan Province on Monday afternoon news Xinhua reported.
rescue service first Receive reports of a fire 4:22 pm (0822 GMT) at Anyang Kaixinda Trading Co., Ltd, according to the state media.
After receiving the alarm, the municipality fire The state broadcaster, CCTV, said the rescue detachment immediately dispatched forces to the scene.
He. She added that fire It was put down at around 11pm local time.
Footage of the scene shared by CCTV showed thick plumes of black smoke from fire and with At least two trucks in stand for battle flames.
In addition to deadtwo were sent to the hospital with Wounds that were not life-threatening, state-run People’s Daily said.
the authorities saidcriminal The suspects have been arrested in Connection with The fire.
Then CCTV, citing local officials, reported that a preliminary investigation had been carried out found The fire I was caused by electric welding in which the workers violated safety Measures”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a directive later on Tuesday, ordering Administrators to “Go to All-out in Treating the wounded… (and) following up strictly accountability in According with Law.”
he is added That officials should “comprehensively investigate and rectify hidden Risks to prevent and reduce its occurrence resolutely of Major Incidents”, with reference to a recent series of accidents in Henan and neighboring Shanxi Province.
According to data provider Tianyancha, Anyang Kaixinda Trading Co., Ltd. She is a wholesaler who deals in Machines, building materials, non-hazardous chemicals, clothing and fire-fighting equipment.
weak safety Standards
Industrial accidents are common in Because of China’s weakness safety Standards and corruption among designated officials with force them.
News of Anyang fire Followed reports of An explosion in a chemical plant in near Taiyuan, the capital of shanxi province, on Monday.
videos posted on social media Show a fire At the industrial site a thick gray smoke is blowing in sky.
Other photos showed nearby buildings strewn about with shrapnel of Glass, local residents fleeing the explosion scared.
“People have been dispatched to the scene fire It has been put out, and the human toll is yet to be known,” Dahebao—an official Daily in Henan – reported on Twitter-like Weibo platform, citing authorities.
in June, one One person was killed and another injured in An explosion in a chemical plant in Shanghai.
And the last yearA gas explosion killed 25 people And the reduced Several buildings to ruins in Center city of Xi’an.
In 2015, a massive explosion in North of Tianjin in a chemical warehouse 165 people were killed in one of The worst industrial accidents ever in China.
