Jingjiang explosion accident:

The April 22 Jingjiang storage point explosion accident refers to 9:30 am on April 22, 2016, Jingjiang City, Jiangsu Province An explosion occurred at Deqiao Chemical Logistics Warehouse in Danhua Village.

At about 9:40 on April 22, 2016, a fire broke out in an exchange pump room of Jiangsu Deqiao Storage Co., Ltd. in Xingang Park, Jingjiang City, Jiangsu Province. The fire started in a pipeline and ignited an adjacent gasoline storage tank.

As of 2 a.m. on the 23rd, the open fire at the scene has been extinguished, and fire officers and soldiers are closely monitoring it to prevent recurrence.

The environmental protection department has set up on-site mobile environment air quality monitoring points and characteristic pollution factor monitoring points, but no characteristic pollution factors have yet been detected. No reports of casualties have been received yet. The cause of the fire and damage are subject to further investigation.

The incident:

At 9:30 a.m. on April 22, 2016, an explosion occurred at Deqiao Chemical Logistics Warehouse in Danhua Village, Jingjiang City, Jiangsu Province. Thick smoke billowed from the scene, and There was a pungent smell and there were many villages around the incident site.

On the morning of the 22nd, a chemical storage tank at Deqiao Storage in Jingjiang, Taizhou caught fire and exploded. Thick smoke billowed from the scene and the fire was still spreading. Officials said that after investigation, the fuel was methanol, mixed aromatics and other chemicals. At the same time, officials said that the fire had been effectively controlled and no casualties occurred.

Cause of the accident:

The warehouse was full of chemical raw materials. Witnesses said that several explosions had occurred at the scene, and the public security and fire fighters responded promptly to rescue operations. The cause of the fire and the damage and injuries at the scene await further response from the public security department.

The official Weibo "China Fire Protection" of the Ministry of Public Security Fire Bureau released information that the fire started in a pipeline of Deqiao Storage Co., Ltd., which ignited the adjacent gasoline storage tank. The burning substances are gasoline, lipids and alcohols. There are 42 storage tanks on site, including 12 oil storage tanks, mainly diesel and gasoline; and 30 hazardous chemical storage tanks, mainly lipids and alcohols.