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Six missing and eight injured have been left, so far, to an explosion at a pesticide manufacturing company in the city of Lanzhou (center), belonging to the western province of Gansu, China.
The preliminary balance was reported this Friday by the local newspaper China Daily, which has specified that the causes of the incident that occurred on Thursday afternoon at 6:58 p.m. (11:58 GMT) in the wastewater treatment unit of the Gansu Binnong Technology company, attended by more than 300 firefighters and 47 rescue vehicles.
The investigation showed there was no smoke, fire, or toxic gas at the 600-square-meter blast site, as well as ruled out secondary hazards.
At least six missings and eight were injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in China.
Incidence of accidents in chemical plants
Accidents are frequent in the Chinese chemical sector, where, despite new regulatory initiatives, regulations remain lax.
In March, seven people died in a fire at a chemical plant in northern China, and in February, five people lost their lives, and eight others were injured after inhaling toxic gases after an accident at a chemical fiber factory in the northeastern city of Jilin.
In 2019, an explosion at a chemical plant in the eastern province of Jiangsu left 78 dead, after which an inspection of all chemical plants in the country was ordered.