Explosion in a chemical plant in China: there are already 64 dead and 28 people are missing

A strong explosion recorded in a chemical plant in eastern China with a long history of violations of security measures It left at least 64 dead and 640 wounded, 90 seriously and 21 in critical condition.

The explosion is one of the worst industrial accidents of the country in recent years. State television showed broken cars, broken windows and bloody workers leaving the factory.

Schools and nurseries in the closed area and the Evacuation of some 3,000 people while the authorities badyze the quality of the air and the water.

The incident, which occurred Thursday in an industrial park in Yancheng City, north of Shanghai, left dozens of workers trapped some buildings will collapse because of the shockwave.

The images revealed by the local media showed at the beginning a large column of smoke As a result of the explosion, another video shows how the factory, or a nearby building, jumps in the air and that dozens of people who were nearby escape bloody.

Accidents are common in the Chinese industrial sector, but it is one of the worst registered in the last four years.

On November 28, 22 people died and 22 others were injured in an explosion occurred near a factory chemistry in Zhangjiakou City, one hundred kilometers northwest of Beijing.

In 2015, the city of Tianjin, in the north of the country, was the protagonist of one of the most tragic incidents, in which At least 170 people died after an explosion in a container terminal in the port of the city.