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| Huge explosion & fire at chemical facility in eastern China | |
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| A powerful blast has struck a chemical storage in eastern China’s Jingjiang province, causing a massive ongoing blaze. A plume of black smoke is rising from the storage reservoir engulfed in flames. The factory stores chemicals and petrol. | |
| China’s media outlet 163.com says there are a total of 42 reservoirs at the oil processing facility where the explosion occurred. | |
| There have been no immediate reports about any injured or dead in the incident so far. According to photos published on social networks, a huge column of dense smoke is rising hundreds of meters into the sky. | |
| A large number of firefighting teams are said to be at the site of the explosion and fire. | |
| Witnesses report a pungent smell spreading in the area around the burning chemical storage. | |
| It has been reported that fire has seized hold of two reservoirs containing petrol and that a couple of liquid storage tanks have already burned out completely. | |
| Constant monitoring of environmental pollution is being maintained in the emergency area. |