Beijing, September 19
Forty-one people have been admitted to hospital, including five in serious conditions, following a synthetic ammonia leak at a chemical plant in China's central Henan Province, the latest industrial accident in the country.
About 300 kgs of synthesised ammonia leaked from a cracked pipe at Henan Zhonghong Coal Chemical Company yesterday.
A total of 154 residents who live nearby the accident site were sent to hospital. Forty-one remain under observation, including five in serious conditions, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.
The government said the ammonia detected in the air near the site is within the national standard.
Plant operations have been suspended. A number of incidents of workplace safety hazards have occurred in China.
In August, a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals caught fire and exploded in the northern port city of Tianjin, killing 165 and leaving eight missing in China's worst industrial accident.
In 2013, a gas line ruptured in the eastern port city of Qingdao, triggering blasts that killed 62 people. —PTI
Most Read In 24 Hours
Don't Miss
View All
Top News
Delhi Police register case in connection with doctored videos of Home Minister Amit Shah
The Special Cell has registered an FIR under various section...
8 killed as goods vehicle collides with truck in Chhattisgarh
The victims, natives of Patharra village, were returning aft...
Missing 'Taarak Mehta' actor Gurucharan Singh was to get married, faced ‘financial distress’
Singh, who went missing on April 22, left for Delhi's domest...
Man kills friend over common love interest in Delhi's Mahindra Park
Zahid and Ravi were known to a woman, who, too, was present ...
Karnataka BJP MP and former Union minister Sreenivasa Prasad dies at 76
The 6-time MP from Chamarajanagar and 2-time MLA from Nanjan...
