Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, a chemical plant in the early hours of the 6th violent explosion, flames rushed to a height of 100 meters, 200 meters away from the scene of the glass were shattered, the sound of the explosion spread to 3 km away. Local notification, no casualties at the scene, the cause of the accident is under investigation.
May 6, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Fire Rescue Detachment official microblogging release police information that 3:14 a.m. that day, Ningbo Keyuan Fine Chemical Co.
Land media said that the scene of the fire and accompanied by explosions. The video shows that the explosion site fire is intense, there is continuous black smoke.
Mr. Liu, an employee of a nearby factory, said he was working the night shift when the incident occurred. Around 3:10 a.m., suddenly heard a number of explosions, only to know that the nearby factory explosion, the sound of the explosion is very heavy, they shattered the glass in the factory. The nearby road has been closed, their factory employees are stranded in the factory.
The report said that Mr. Liu’s chemical plant is about 200 meters away from the incident, are located in Ningbo Beilun District, Liya Road.
The video footage exposed by the media can be seen, the scene of the fire was intense, lighting up the night sky, smoke rolled up in the air, some residents were awakened and exclaimed “so scary”. There are also residents said, so scared that we ran away in the middle of the night with the car.
Some residents said they woke up scared and ran away with their cars in the middle of the night. (Screenshot of the video)
Nearby residents were awakened by the violent explosion, some thought there was an earthquake, and people 3 kilometers away heard the explosion and felt the shaking. There were also residents who smelled the pungent smell.
Netizens posted a video of the scene showing multiple explosions at the chemical plant, which ignited flames hundreds of meters into the air and lit up the night sky. The video has a female voice saying: “Where is this? Two explosions, flames in the sky, so pungent smell. It’s a chemical plant.”
The footage shows the entire factory appears to be burning violently, burning into a giant torch.
Sky-eye search shows that Ningbo Keyuan Fine Chemical Co., Ltd, was registered in Ningbo Municipal Market Supervision Administration on April 26, 2007, with Tao Chunfeng as legal representative. The company is the main company of Keyuan Holding Group in Ningbo Industrial Base, Zhejiang Province, and is a whole industry chain fine chemical enterprise formed by heavy oil as raw material.
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