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Five killed in chemical plant blast

www.chinanews.cn 2007-05-12 17:06:13

(Source: Xinhua)

Smoke rises over a building at a chemical plant after a workshop
explosion in Cangzhou, North China's Hebei Province May 11, 2007.

An injured worker is rushed to a hospital after a workshop explosion in
Cangzhou, North China's Hebei Province May 11, 2007.

May 12 - Five workers have been confirmed dead after a workshop in a
chemical factory in north China exploded, a spokeswoman with the city
government said on Saturday morning.
Eighteen people are still receiving treatment in local hospitals,
including 14 people with "serious injuries", mostly because of the blast
shock wave, said Li Li, a spokeswoman for the Cangzhou city government.
The blast occurred at 1:40 p.m. on Friday at a workshop in Cangzhou Dahua
TDI Co. Ltd. in Hebei province, killing three people on the spot,
according to the provincial work safety bureau.
The blast also damaged most of the houses in the nearby Dazidian village
some 200 meters away, which is inhabited by about 4,000 people.
"Cracks measuring one to two centimeters wide are seen on the walls of 80
percent of the houses in the village, and some of the villagers were
injured by flying window glasses, but no house has collapsed," said Zhao
Guoqing, an official in the village.
"I thought it was an earthquake when the house shook and dashed out of it
as quickly as possible. There was something like the snowflakes in the
air which I learnt later was industrial foams from the explosion," Zhao
recalled.
Fearing possible toxic gas leak, more than 2,000 residents in the village
were initially evacuated but returned to their homes by Friday evening.
The blast in the nitration workshop section led to a fire in the toluene
supply slot, according to a spokeswoman for the Cangzhou city government.
The fire was put out around 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
The company is one of the major TDI producers in China. TDI, or Toluene
diisocyanate is primarily used as a chemical intermediate in the
production of polyurenthane products.
Investigations into the cause of the explosion are underway.

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