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Explosion at chemical plant in China
Topic Started: Sep 1 2015, 08:21 AM (193 Views)
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Blast reported at chemical plant in northern China
Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:09pm EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - An explosion shook a chemical plant in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, state media said on Tuesday, though there were no immediate reports of casualties in a country on edge after blasts killed more than 145 people last month.

A single "loud" blast occurred at the plant in Dongying shortly before midnight, state radio said on its official Weibo microblog, showing pictures of the explosion in what appeared to be a fairly remote industrial area.

There were no other details available and Reuters was not immediately able to reach officials for comment.

One person died last month when an explosion hit a chemical plant in a different part of Shandong.

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At least five dead from Monday's chemical plant blast in China: Xinhua
Tue Sep 1, 2015 9:00pm EDT
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in China's Shandong province late on Monday has risen to five, state news agency Xinhua reported, as China still seeks answers to a far larger blast in the port city of Tianjin earlier last month.

The latest blast happened close to midnight in a county roughly 275 km (170 miles) south of Tianjin, where explosions at a warehouse storing dangerous chemicals devastated an industrial park on Aug. 12 and killed at least 145 people.

The explosions have raised questions about safety standards in China, where industrial accidents are all too common following three decades of breakneck economic growth.

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