Aerial photo taken on March 22, 2019 shows firefighters working at the site of a factory explosion at a chemical industrial park in Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province. Death toll has risen to 44 and 90 others were seriously injured after an explosion ripped through an industrial park Thursday afternoon in Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, the rescue headquarters said Friday. A total of 640 people are receiving medical treatment in hospitals. Among them, 32 are still in critical conditions and 58 others sustain severe injuries, according to the rescue headquarters. The explosion happened at about 2:48 p.m. Thursday, following a fire that broke out in a factory located in a chemical industrial park. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
NANJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Death toll has risen to 44 and 90 others were seriously injured after an explosion ripped through an industrial park Thursday afternoon in Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, the rescue headquarters said Friday.
A total of 640 people are receiving medical treatment in hospitals. Among them, 32 are still in critical conditions and 58 others sustain severe injuries, according to the rescue headquarters.
The explosion happened at about 2:48 p.m. Thursday, following a fire that broke out in a factory located in a chemical industrial park.
Workers were trapped after buildings were knocked down by the shockwave, which also shattered windows of nearby residential houses. Witnesses said many workers were seen running out of the factory covered in blood after the blast.
The Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched a team of experts to the site and urged all-out efforts in the rescue.
