A massive explosion at a waste battery treatment plant in Ningxiang, Hunan province, killed one person and injured 20 others on the evening of Jan 7. The explosion sent a huge mushroom cloud into the air, sending flames that could be seen kilometers away. This is a tesla car battery factory.
An explosion and fire broke out at the old factory of Bangpu Recycling Technology Co., Ltd in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, at about 6:12 PM on January 7, local media reported. In all, one person was killed, six were seriously injured and 14 were slightly injured. Local residents reported that they heard two loud noises and a huge fire
A netizen with knowledge of the matter disclosed that the explosion occurred at the Ningde Times factory, which is owned by Tesla as a lithium iron phosphate factory. But Ningde Times denied the rumor, saying, “This is a subsidiary of our subsidiary Guangdong Bangpu, which is a battery recycling company, recycling and recycling as a precursor.”
According to the report, the explosion occurred at Hunan Bangpu Recycling Technology Co., Ltd., which is reported to be China’s largest demonstration base of bridging recycling of used batteries and a clean production model plant for recycling used batteries.
Videos posted by netizens showed a fire and smoke billowing from the factory before a second explosion. Two loud explosions were heard and a huge mushroom cloud, estimated to be hundreds of meters high, was seen soaring into the sky, lighting up the night sky in a flash. ‘There was another explosion,’ said the man filming the video. ‘It was the second explosion.’
Video footage shows the entire factory floor in flames after the explosion.
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Netizens disclosed that this is Tesla’s exclusive battery factory.
According to information released online, said: “the state of hunan’s ningde era layout is an important part of power battery industry chain upstream and downstream, the recycling of waste battery in total more than 6000 tons, annual production of nickel cobalt manganese hydroxide (ternary precursor), nickel cobalt manganese acid lithium (ternary material), cobalt acid lithium cobalt, cobalt chloride, nickel sulfate, sulfuric acid and the cobalt oxide 4500 tons, has with the domestic many power battery manufacturing and electric vehicle manufacturing enterprises cooperation.”
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