2015 Dongying explosion

Fatal explosion in Dongying, Shandong, China December 2020 2015 Dongying explosion 31 August 2015 ~23:22 CST (~15:30 UTC) onwards Chemical factory Dongying, Shandong, China Explosion, fire Under investigation 13 25 The 2015 Dongying explosion was an explosion that occurred at the Diao Kou Xiang Bin Yuan Chemical Co. located within the Dongying Economic Development Zone in Dongying, Shandong, China, on Monday, 31 August 2015 and killed thirteen people.https://news.yahoo.com/china-chemical-factory-blast-toll-rises-5-005518350.html China chemical factory blast toll rises to 5 2 September 2015 Yahoo News Events At 11:22pm on 31 August 2015, a chemical factory in the Dongyin-Lijin Binhai Economic and Technological Development Zone in eastern China exploded. The ensuing fire took five hours to bring under control. Chinese authorities detained 12 company employees and executives and 11 government officials.CNBC Six arrested after deadly Dongying explosion CNBC 2015-09-01 https://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/31/major-explosion-reported-in-dongying-china.html 2018-01-23 One person was reported to have been killed in the explosion,Fatal explosion at China chemical plant Otago Daily Times 2017-06-05 https://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/fatal-explosion-china-chemical-plant 2018-01-23 however the death toll later rose to 13 with 25 others injured.Davies Emma Accident and emergency Chemistry World 2015-12-22 https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/accident-and-emergency/9278.article 2018-01-23 The blast came just three weeks after the Tianjin disaster which garnered significant media coverage. See also China 2015 Tianjin explosions 2014 Kunshan explosion 1988 PEPCON disaster Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions List of accidents and disasters by death toll References Shandong Category:2015 disasters in China Category:2015 industrial disasters Category:Chemical plant explosions Category:2015 explosions Category:Explosions in China Category:Industrial fires and explosions in China Category:Disasters in Shandong Category:August 2015 in China Category:21st century in Shandong