10 people killed, 19 injured in China gas plant explosion

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ At least 10 people were killed and 19 others injured in an explosion at a gas plant workshop in China’s Yima city on Friday, local media reported. So far 10 people are confirmed dead and 19 others seriously injured, official media broadcast on Saturday. Five more people remain unaccounted.

The incident happened around 6 pm on Friday and the injured were sent to the hospital, according to local officials.  The explosion did not involve tanks of dangerous materials, the local government said.

“The sound was extremely loud with a ball of fire and clouds of smoke in the air,” a local resident, who was 500 meters away from the gas plant when the explosion occurred.

“Customers who bought goods outside were hurt by broken glass,” he said. The factory was named as the first provincial-level enterprise to put in place a double prevention system for safety production risks in Henan this month.