SHANGHAI CHEMICAL PLANT IS BURNED

  • 18/06/2022

At least one person has died in a fire at a huge chemical plant in Shanghai, China.

They erupted at one of the country's largest refining and petrochemical plants about 4:00 a.m. on Saturday (20:00 a.m. GMT Friday).

Parts of the enormous facility were engulfed in flames, blowing thick columns of black smoke into the sky.

Shanghai, China's economic centre, has just recently emerged from a two-month pandemic lockdown.

The cause of the fires, which occurred at an ethylene glycol plant, is unknown. 

Sinopec - the state-owned company that operates the plant in the suburb of Jinshan - said the driver of a transport vehicle had been killed and a company employee had been injured.

Residents living up to 6km (four miles) away reported hearing an explosion, local media report.

Shanghai's fire department dispatched more than 500 personnel to the scene.

State media say the fires are now under control but protective burning is being carried out.

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