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A chemical plant exploded in Anhui last night! Sound the safety alarm again!

2017-02-09View Original

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 On the evening of the 8th, a manager surnamed Dong from the Hengxing Chemical Plant in Tongling City, Anhui Province confirmed to a reporter from the Beijing News that an explosion occurred at the plant at 22:45 on the evening of the 8th. And Tongling City * * The duty room and fire department confirmed that the current accident caused minor injuries to two personnel on duty in the factory, and rescue operations are still ongoing.   According to images posted by netizens, flames shot into the sky in the direction of the explosion, and a mushroom cloud rose, accompanied by a loud noise. A local resident told the Beijing News reporter that at about 22:45 in the evening, a loud noise was heard from the southwest of Tongling City, and then the sky turned red. The whole process lasted for about 10 seconds and was accompanied by vibrations, "like an earthquake."   Official news showed that due to the large fire intensity and complex situation at the scene, as of 0:00, a total of 4 fire squadrons and 17 fire trucks were at the scene to deal with the situation, and the detachment's full attendance headquarters was also dispatched with the police.   According to Tongling City * * The official Weibo "Tongling Release" stated that after receiving the report of the accident, Tongling city leaders and the main leaders of the 120 emergency center, fire protection, public security, safety supervision, environmental protection and other departments immediately established a headquarters at the scene to organize emergency rescue and on-site disposal.   The factory involved has stopped production. At about 0:00 today, "Tongling Release" news stated that at about 22:50 on the evening of the 8th, a high-boiling point solvent tank of Tongling Hengxing Chemical (a private enterprise, which has ceased production) exploded. After investigation, no one has died so far. At present, the fire has been effectively controlled and no secondary disasters have occurred. The cause of the accident will be identified and reported.   According to a piece of information reported by Tongling News Network in October last year, the Tongling Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau conducted a surprise inspection of the company’s pollutant emissions at that time, and the notice to Hengxing Chemical showed that it had “stopped production (reported).”   At around 0:50 this morning, the Anhui Public Security Bureau's "China Police Anhui" Weibo post showed that most of the rescue forces had gradually evacuated the scene, and the Tongling City Fire Brigade and the Tongguanshan Public Security Bureau had arranged for personnel to be on site to prevent secondary disasters.   A reporter from the Beijing News learned that the Hengxing Chemical Plant in Tongling City, Anhui Province is located on Jinshan Road, Tongling City, Anhui Province (in the former General Chemical Plant). The business scope includes the production and sales of chemical raw materials (except dangerous goods), the production of 1850ta isopropylidene propylidene, 10000ta propylidene propylidene, 20Nm3h nitrogen, and the sales of the above products within the factory area, as well as water vapor sales. Registration information shows that the company was established on July 25, 2001. The registered capital is 5 million yuan and the legal representative is Zhang Xuxian.   Background The enterprise involved has been rated as a good environmentally friendly enterprise. Reporters noticed that in the announcement of Tongling City's 2015 corporate environmental credit evaluation results, the Tongling Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau conducted a credit rating evaluation of the environmental behavior of 126 non-state-controlled enterprises in the city and district in 2015. Tongling Hengxing Chemical Co., Ltd. was included in 89 good environmentally friendly enterprises.   In addition, Tongling Hengxing Chemical Industry is included in the "List of Key Enterprises for Compulsory Cleaner Production Audit in the Province 2014-2015" released by the Anhui Provincial Department of Environmental Protection at the end of 2014. According to the official website of Tongling Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, in the clean production audit list of key enterprises completed in 2015, Tongling Hengxing Chemical Co., Ltd. passed the evaluation on August 18, 2015.   The Anhui Provincial Environmental Protection Department requires that companies included in the list should “complete cleaner production audits within the prescribed time limit in accordance with relevant environmental management requirements, and apply for evaluation and acceptance to the environmental protection authorities in a timely manner. For those who fail to implement mandatory cleaner production audits or fail to implement cleaner production audits as required, the environmental protection departments at or above the county level will impose penalties in accordance with Article 39 of the Cleaner Production Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China. ”
Reply #22017-02-09
Accident alarm bells are ringing, accidents continue
Reply #32017-02-09
Safety first, accidents are the biggest waste
Reply #42017-02-09
At about 22:45 in the evening of the incident, a loud noise was heard from the southwest of Tongling City, and then the sky turned red. The whole process lasted for about 10 seconds and was accompanied by vibrations.
Reply #52017-02-09
There is no time to relax in safety work
Reply #62017-02-09
Is Haiyou nearby? How was the fire put out?

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