Heavy smoke is seen when a facility leaks and catches fire at the Qingyang Petrochemical Company owned by PetroChina in northwest China’s Gansu Province on July 26, 2015. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
One person was killed, four were injured and another two are missing in a chemical plant fire in northwest China’s Gansu Province on Sunday, provincial authorities said.
A facility leaked and caught fire at the Qingyang Petrochemical Company owned by PetroChina at around 7 a.m. on Sunday, said the government of Qingyang City.
As of 11:55 a.m., the fire was extinguished without causing secondary accidents, it said.
Rescue and further investigation are under way.
Courtesy of english.cri.cn
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