64 people killed by chemical plant explosion in China

The casualty toll of the explosion of an industrial chemical zone in east China is already 64, of which 21 seriously injured and 28 people still missing, reported on Friday. 39, official news agency. Xinhua.

The authorities of YanchengPlace of the event, they badured the rescue teams to continue working day and night to find the missing and managed to help a person on Saturday morning.

according to Xinhua"Thousands of firefighters and health workers, as well as hundreds of ambulances and fire trucks" are participating in the rescue operation.

The event that took place around 14:48 local time (6:48 GMT) this Thursday after the statement of a fire in a pesticide factory owned by the company Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemicalwhose directors are in custody.

According to witnesses quoted by Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper, the blast caused "a rain of crystals" through the windows that the blast destroyed even several kilometers away, and one from them recounted how he had seen a three year old child. flying off by the force of the blast.

The Hogkonian newspaper said that the company owner of the accident site had received six administrative penalties for violation of the legislation on waste management, the impact on the environment and air pollution .

Schools and nurseries in the area have been closed and about 3,000 people have been evacuated, while the authorities are monitoring the quality of the air and water.

Dozens of workers were trapped after the collapse of some buildings.

The images revealed by the local media initially showed a large column of smoke following the blast, while another video broadcast showed how the factory, or an adjacent building, was jumping in the air and dozens of people who were nearby they escaped bloody.

Accidents are frequent in the Chinese industrial sector where, despite new initiatives, regulations remain lax.

On November 28, at least 22 people died and 22 others were injured in a blast near a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou City, one hundred kilometers northwest of Beijing.

In 2015, the city of Tianjin, in the north of the country, has been the protagonist of one of the most tragic incidents of recent years, which has made at least 170 dead after the explosion of 39, a container terminal in the port of the city.