Firefighters try to extinguish the fire at a chemical plant on the Gulei Peninsula in Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, April 8, 2015. A total of 29,096 people have been evacuated from the surrounding area of the chemical plant on Wednesday after repeatedly caught fire after an explosion on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhang Yongding)
The fire in a chemical plant in east China's Fujian province has been finally put out, more than 2 days after blasts occurred there, said authorities.
According to the emergency response headquarters for the accident, the blaze in the plant of Tenglong Aromatic Hydrocarbon (Zhangzhou) Co. Ltd. on Gulei Peninsula of Zhangzhou City was extinguished at around 2:57 a.m. on Thursday after storage tanks repeatedly caught fire.
On Monday evening, oil leaked from a xylene facility in the plant caught fire and led to blasts at three nearby tanks.
29,096 people evacuated as fire at chemical plant under control
A total of 29,096 people have been evacuated from the surrounding area of a chemical plant in south China's Fujian Province on Wednesday after repeatedly caught fire after an explosion on Monday.
Two storage tanks were ignited again on Wednesday after the fire was distinguished on Tuesday night. The fire is now under control, authorities said. >>
