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Rescue under way after tank truck blasts kill 19
    2020-06-15  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

EMERGENCY rescue is under way after a truck loaded with liquefied gas exploded on a highway in East China’s Zhejiang Province on Saturday.

As of yesterday morning, the blasts had left at least 19 dead and 172 injured, with 24 suffering serious injuries, local authorities said.

The accident occurred at around 4:40 p.m. Saturday when the truck exploded near Liangshan Village in Daxi Township under the city of Wenling on a section of the Shenyang-Haikou Expressway.

A second blast soon followed. The explosion caused the collapse of nearby residential houses and factory workshops.

“I was standing at the window when the second blast happened. Fortunately, there was a curtain to protect me, otherwise the glass would have cut my face,” said Lu Zhenghui, whose house was several hundred meters away from the explosion site.

Lu said as he picked up his daughter and ran downstairs, he saw broken glass, shattered aluminum doors and windows scattered along the way.

The First People’s Hospital of Wenling has admitted 79 injured people, including 17 who were critically wounded. Cai Haijun, deputy head of the hospital, said those in critical condition were mainly suffering from explosion injuries and extensive burns.

Fire and rescue teams from neighboring regions rushed to the scene. More than 2,660 rescuers, over 30 pieces of large rescue equipment and more than 150 vehicles were dispatched for search and rescue mission, said Zhu Minglian, vice mayor of Wenling.

Zhou Pengjian, one local firefighter, said many rescuers suffered dehydration and heatstroke as they braved high temperatures to pull residents out of the debris.

Local environmental protection authorities carried out real-time monitoring of the air and water around the accident site. No obvious poisons had been found so far, said Zhu.

The cause of the accident is under further investigation.

A special work group sent by the Ministry Emergency Management arrived at the scene in the early hours yesterday.

The State Council Work Safety Committee yesterday urged authorities to further step up efforts to supervise the transportation of dangerous goods. The committee also ordered the traffic police to impose tougher law enforcement to eliminate deadly safety hazards on the roads.

In April, the committee published a three-year plan to better administrate work safety nationwide. According to the plan, it’s compulsory for all vehicles carrying dangerous materials to have trackers installed by 2022 to warn the drivers and administrators about possible collisions.

(SD-Xinhua)

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