Blast at chemical plant kills at least 19

摘要

A chemical plant explosion In southwest China has killed at least 19 people and Injured a dozen others. According to the China News Service, the explosion happened yesterday evening at an Industrial park In Jiangan county, Sichuan province. A Sichuan news service said windows at several nearby buildings were shattered. "I heard an enormous explosion, enormous, and felt tremors," industrial park official Liu Ping told a Chinese media outlet. China has a history of deaths caused by work-related factory and mine accidents. Government data show 38,000 deaths caused by work-related accidents in 2017 — a 12 percent decrease from the previous year.