Gas factory blast in China's Henan province kills 10
An explosion at a gasification plant in China's central Henan province has killed 10 people and seriously injured 19 more, state-run CCTV reported on Saturday (July 20).
The blast occurred in an air separation unit of the Yima plant around 5:50pm local time (0950 GMT) on Friday. Production has been halted after the accident, according to a statement published by local government on the twitter-like Weibo platform.
Five people were still missing a a total of 209 firefighters continued the ongoing search and rescue operation, CCTV said.
The Yima gasification plant is a unit of the state-owned Henan Coal Gas (Group) Co Ltd. The company had been listed as one of the provincial models for safe production earlier this month, according to state-backed Beijing News.
China has a history of major workplace accidents. A plant explosion that killed 78 in Jiangsu province in March triggered a nationwide safety inspection campaign.
(Source: Reuters)
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