"At around 1:40 pm (GMT 5:40 am) on January 14, the Zhuhai Changlian Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in Gaolanguang District caught on fire," the Zhuhai Emergency Management Bureau said in a statement on its official Weibo account.
According to the statement, the fire had already been put out and no casualties had been discovered on the scene.
珠海长炼今日发生爆炸。 there has been explosions in zhuhai changlian petrochemical, owned by esson new energy group, in zhuhai gaolan port.@Reuters @argus pic.twitter.com/REHi3nvL8W
— 91 Ultraman (@wurutoraman) 14 января 2020 г.
The authorities have already launched an investigation into the cause of the incident.
27 December 2019, 16:22 GMT
The Guangdong Radio and Television, a local broadcasting company, posted on its verified Weibo account a video showing a huge fire and black smoke emerging from a chemical plant in Zhuhai.
The recent blast is the latest in the string of industrial accidents that have rocked China in recent years. In March, a major explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed 78 people and prompted authorities to step up security measures around the country.
