Thirteen people died and 14 have been injured after an explosion rocked a family-owned workshop in Eact China's Zhejiang province Sunday, August 6, 2012 in the afternoon, local authorities said.
The accident happened in a village Wenzhou City's Ouhai district about 4:50 pm and a fire raged in an area of 200-300 square meters after the explosion, rescuers said.
The rescue work had been concluded as of 11 PM. Among the injured who are receiving treatment in hospital, five are heavily injured, and nine are slightly injured.
Government of Ouhai District said that the workshop was illegal and was focused on polishing and processing aluminium locks. The explosion happened after the thick dust in the workshop was ignited by the sparks from the polishing machine, government officials said.
Further investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.
Here are two news videos of the incident. One video in English, the other in Chinese.
So sorry for this people.
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It happens unfortunately in all countries.
Thanks for the report APSB. Interesting (and dramatic) as usual
ReplyDeleteThis teaches us that the aluminum deserves our respect.
ReplyDeleteHow can we take care of these issues and increase awareness about plant safety?
ReplyDeleteThis is no good !!!
ReplyDeleteA hardware factory had an explosion on August 6, 2012. It is concluded that metale dust was ignited by grinding and then explosed. 13 people killde, 5 seriously injured.
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