More than 10,000 people were evacuated to safe places on Sunday
after explosions at a chemical plant in Jilin City of northeast
China's Jilin Province.
A witness said that a series of blasts took place at a workshop
in No. 101 Chemical Plant under the Jilin Petroleum and Chemical
Company from 2:00?PM to 3:00?PM Sunday. The blasts
shattered window glasses of buildings 100 to 200 meters away from
the plant.
More than 10,000 residents have evacuated for fear of further
explosions and pollution by chemical matters, according to sources
reached to Xinhua over the phone.
The site of the accident was closed off and the accurate
casualties were not available at press time. Witnesses said that
dozens were hospitalized.
(Xinhua News Agency November 13, 2005)