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Blast reported at chemical plant in eastern China

The blast caused a fire and thick smoke to bellow from the plant in Lishui city

Reuters September 07, 2015

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BEIJING: An explosion shook a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, state media said on Monday, though there were no immediate reports of casualties in a country on edge after blasts killed more than 160 people last month.

The blast caused a fire and thick smoke to bellow from the plant in Lishui city shortly before midnight, state radio said on its official Weibo microblog.

Firefighters were on the scene and there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Read: Huge blasts kill at least 50, injure hundreds in China

Chemical plant blasts are relatively common in China. At least five people died in an explosion at one in Shandong province last week.

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On August 12, explosions at a warehouse storing dangerous chemicals devastated an industrial park in the port city of Tianjin, killing more than 160 people.

The latest incident will likely raise more questions about safety standards in China, where industrial accidents are all too common following three decades of fast economic growth. A blast at an auto-parts factory killed 75 people a year ago.

COMMENTS (2)

PrasadDeccani | 9 years ago | Reply @Vivek: Whole of CPEC is about $45 billion, peanuts for China. CPEC has a critical role to play for China in cutting costs and improving reliability (of transportation). So, there is a high chance that China will go ahead with CPEC.

Vivek | 9 years ago | Reply The pressure has been mounting,as economy slows down industries want to cut the cost and compromise safety and end results are here.Already China has lost 200 billion dollars in this session and the biggest question is will CPEC will materialize if china started to lose the money this way ?

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