【Sea and River Safety Incident Updates】Fire breaks out in a solvent processing workshop at a pharmaceutical factory in Shaoxing
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At 9:23 on May 31, a fire broke out at Zhejiang Menohua Medicinal Chemistry Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Zhejiang Menohua”), located on Jingshisan Road in the Shangyu Economic and Technological Development Zone of Hangzhou Bay. At present, firefighting and rescue operations are in progress, with no casualties reported. Zhejiang Meinohua is a subsidiary controlled by Ningbo Meinohua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Meinohua, 603538). On the afternoon of May 31, a reporter contacted Meinohua’s securities department as an investor. The staff member said over the phone that the fire report was true – a fire had broken out in a solvent processing workshop. The firefighters are still at the scene and have managed to control the fire, but it is not yet clear whether the extent of the damage will affect production; further details will depend on the results of the firefighters’ investigation.
It is said that this company is very profitable at the moment, yet its stock price has hit the lower limit due to the accident
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Fire, ignition sources, flammable materials – nothing of this would happen if they were isolated
According to a report from Cailian Network on May 31, reporters from Cailian Network learned from relevant departments in Shaoxing that a fire broke out at the Meinohua factory in Shangyu District of that city on the morning of the 31st; no information regarding any casualties has been reported yet. A relevant official from the company told a reporter from Cailian News that the fire might have been caused by waste materials in an abandoned warehouse; so far, there have been no casualties, and the company’s production lines have not been affected. The specifics are still under investigation. ”
I saw some reports stating that it was waste solvents that caught fire; they were stored in a transfer warehouse awaiting disposal by a third party. Our company builds hazardous waste warehouses in accordance with the standards for Class A warehouses and manages them as Class A materials.
Poor solvent management, with exposure to ignition sources
If every step is carried out in accordance with the standards, there will be no problems