Explosion rips through oil refinery in Nanjing (5/7)

An explosion rips through an oil refinery and triggers a fire in Nanjing of east China's Jiangsu province around noon on Monday. Crude oil tanks near the sulfur recovery facility at the refinery of Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co. exploded at about 12:44 p.m..Three of eight oil tanks at the site are on fire after the explosion toppled them down. Ten fire brigades have been sent to put out the fire. It was not immediately known whether the blast and fire have caused casualties. [Photo: China News Service / Wang Wei]