DRAMA The disaster took place on Monday afternoon in Henan Province
Firefighters in China (illustration). — CFOTO/Sipa USA/SIPA
Factory fire mourns central China. The tragedy has left at least 36 dead and two missing, indicated; the official Xinhua news agency on Tuesday, quoting local authorities.
The disaster took place “Monday afternoon at a factory in the city of Anyang, in the province Central Henan,” the official Chinese agency, without giving further details.
Read Also
- Australian states impose border curbs as Sydney Covid-19 cluster grows Dec 18, 2020
- Conflict of interest: The HATVP “notes the absence of breach” in the declarations of Agnès Pannier-Runacher Nov 15, 2022
- Silala: Former foreign ministers await a ruling favorable to Chile weeks after the Hague verdict is known Nov 12, 2022
- Pfizer says to supply US with 100 million more Covid-19 shots by July Dec 23, 2020
- MH17: the bodies of the crew of the plane found the wreckage of the rocket Buk Jun 9, 2020
- WHO expects decision on two Chinese Covid-19 vaccines in next two weeks Apr 27, 2021
- Covid-19: Venezuela Denounces Blocking Of Vaccine Payments Jun 11, 2021
Frequent accidents
Industrial accidents are frequent in China, often caused by bad compliance with safety rules. In March 2019, the explosion of a chemical factory in Yancheng, a city located at 260 kilometers north of Shanghai, had caused the death of 78 people and devastated dwellings over several kilometers away; the round.
But one of the most serious industrial accidents is the one that occurred in 2015 in Tianjin (north). A gigantic explosion in a chemical warehouse had killed at least 165 people in this large port city located in Paris. 120 kilometers southeast of Beijing.