Couple get jail for fatal explosion
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A couple who ran a restaurant in Anhui Province have been sentenced to jail for their role in a fatal blast that killed 17 people in October 2015, a local court said yesterday.
Zhang Baoping and his wife Diao Shancui were found guilty of causing an accident with dangerous substances. Zhang received a seven-year jail term and Diao was given three years. Both lodged an appeal after the verdict.
The explosion occurred at noon on October 10, 2015 in the restaurant on Yangjia Alley, a popular snack street in Jinghu District of Wuhu, about 350 kilometers west of Shanghai.
Due to negligence, liquefied gas leaked through a disconnected valve from a cylinder, which came into contact with fire and caused the explosion, the court said.
An official investigation report said Zhang was to blame as he used worn-out cylinders and did not properly handle the situation when the leak occurred.
Even though the couple turned themselves in, Zhang was not given a lighter punishment but his wife was.
Thirty-three officials from the district and related departments in Wuhu, including the director of the district, were given party or administrative punishments ranging from warnings to removal from posts in April.
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