HUGE EXPLOSION AT CHINESE CHEMICAL PLANT IN YANCHENG

The explosion occurred at the facility named Tianjiayi Chemical Co Ltd, which is located in Yancheng's industrial park . This plant was used to produce intermedaite for pesticides and dyestuff. The explosion happened at a local time of 14:48(06:48 GMT). 78 people were killed, and at least 94 were severely injured, 32 of whom were critically injured.Around 640 people required hospital treatment and were taken to 16 hospitals. The injured included children at a local kindergarten.

CENC detected an M_L2.2 artificial earthquake whose epicenter is at  

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34°19′52″N119°43′26″E / 34.331°N 119.724°E / 34.331; 119.724.

The force of the blast started numerous fires in Yancheng, knocked down several buildings, and reportedly destroyed windows several kilometers away.The fire was reported to have been controlled by 03:00 local time.Considerable damage was caused to nearby factories and offices;the roof of Henglida Chemical Factory, 3 km from the explosion, fell in.At least one of the people killed was in another building destroyed by the blast.Windows are reported to have been blown out up to 6 km away from the explosion, and houses and other buildings were damaged in the nearby village-level administrative divisions including Hai'an (Haianju)  and Shadang.

After the explosion, many chemical plants in Yancheng City stopped the their production. This will influnt the supplying capability of agrochemicals greatly. The price of agrochemical will go up.