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20,000 evacuated after Guizhou factory blast
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February 25, 2013, Monday
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FIVE people were injured and about 20,000 were evacuated after a chemical plant blast in southwest China's Guizhou Province this morning, local authorities have said.
The accident happened at about 10:20am at a factory of Bestchem Co. Ltd in the provincial capital city of Guiyang, a municipal government official said at the site.
The five injured people are all staff of the company and are receiving treatment in two hospitals in Guiyang, he said.
Leaking and burning of materials contributed to the blast, according to initial investigation.
Firefighters are still working at the site, with heavy smoke filling the sky and a pungent odor pervading the air.
About 20,000 people within a 1.5km vicinity of the factory have been evacuated to safe places. They included students from the Guizhou Normal University Baiyun District Campus, the official said.
The Guiyang municipal government has begun monitoring air and water quality in the affected area.
The factory, located in Baiyun District of Guiyang, mainly produces pyrethroid.
The accident happened at about 10:20am at a factory of Bestchem Co. Ltd in the provincial capital city of Guiyang, a municipal government official said at the site.
The five injured people are all staff of the company and are receiving treatment in two hospitals in Guiyang, he said.
Leaking and burning of materials contributed to the blast, according to initial investigation.
Firefighters are still working at the site, with heavy smoke filling the sky and a pungent odor pervading the air.
About 20,000 people within a 1.5km vicinity of the factory have been evacuated to safe places. They included students from the Guizhou Normal University Baiyun District Campus, the official said.
The Guiyang municipal government has begun monitoring air and water quality in the affected area.
The factory, located in Baiyun District of Guiyang, mainly produces pyrethroid.
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