Firemen work following an explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng in China’s eastern Jiangsu province early on March 22, 2019. – The death toll from a huge explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China surged to 44 on March 22, making it one of the country’s worst industrial accidents in recent years. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered local governments Friday to prevent any more industrial disasters after a chemical plant blast left 47 people dead, injured hundreds and flattened an industrial park in the latest such catastrophe to hit the country.
Thursday’s explosion in the eastern city of Yancheng, Jiangsu province was one of the worst industrial disasters to hit China, with Xi acknowledging that the country has seen a rash of major accidents in recent years.
Xi — who is on a state visit to Italy — urged “all-out efforts” to rescue those trapped and to identify the cause of the accident “as early as possible”, according to…
