US EditionBlast at fireworks factory in China's Hunan kills 21, Xi calls for probe, state media say
Nearly 500 rescuers and robots searched the site as police investigated the cause and Xi called for accountability.
- An explosion at the Changsha Liuyang Huasheng Fireworks plant in Hunan, China, killed 21 people and injured 61 on Monday in the city of Liuyang, prompting immediate emergency response operations.
- The explosion's destructive force shattered windows of a nearby residential building, as CCTV reported, while Authorities evacuated all residents within a 3km radius of the plant.
- Rescue teams deployed nearly 500 personnel and robots to search for the injured, implementing humidifying measures to "prevent secondary accidents during the rescue" amid high-risk gunpowder warehouses.
- Police are investigating the blast's cause and have taken "control measures" against the person in charge of the fireworks company, according to state media reports.
- President Jinping urged all-out search efforts and called for an investigation to hold those responsible to account, signaling high-level government scrutiny of the facility's safety failures.
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At least 21 people have been killed and 61 injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in central China, the state news agency Xinhua reported. According to MTI, the explosion occurred on Monday afternoon in the city of Liuyang in Hunan province. The city is considered the center of China's fireworks industry, with many manufacturers based there. The BBC reports that hundreds of rescue workers had to evacuate everyone within a 3-kilometer rad…
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Blast at fireworks factory in China’s Hunan kills 21
A blast at a fireworks factory in China’s Hunan province has killed 21 people and injured 61, prompting President Xi Jinping to call for a thorough investigation.
An explosion at an fireworks factory in Hunan province of China killed 21 people and injured 61 people, according to the state press, quoted by the BBC. The explosion at the Huasheng fireworks factory took place on Monday, around local time 16:40 (08:40 GMT), in the city of Liuyang, determining the rescue team...
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