[Epoch Times, July 20, 2021]On July 20, an explosion occurred in a factory in Dengfeng City, Henan Province. Local netizens said that a house and glass were shattered a few kilometers away.
According to the video uploaded by mainland netizens, there were multiple huge explosions, thick smoke billowing, and high mushroom clouds. The scene was burned red by the fire, and the explosion power was amazing. The scene was shocking.
Many local citizens said that they felt the shock and loud noises: “The shock wave was too big, and many people thought it was an earthquake.” “I woke up early in the morning and thought it was an earthquake.” “It’s a bit close to my home, just because of the explosion. Wake up! At six o’clock, the door in the house has been vibrating.” “All the glass in the house is broken.” “The windows and doors of the house were almost broken by blasting them up in the morning.” “Something exploded, it was as obvious as a missile. Shock wave.”
“The smoke billowed and the fire blazed into the sky!” “There was no specific time of the explosion, and there was no information about whether someone was working in the factory when the explosion occurred. This kind of news can also make headlines?” “Uncle said it was an aluminum-silicon factory near my home. He also said that the workers on duty should be out of help.” “The aluminum-silicon-titanium plant in Quhe Village, Daocheng Town, Dengfeng City exploded.” “It was evacuated at midnight last night, and the nearby villages were also evacuated last night.” “Happened. The explosion caused the windows a few kilometers away to shatter.”
A local resident told Anhui.com that his home was about three or four miles away from the factory where the explosion occurred. He had gotten up after six o’clock. Because of the local power failure, there was no business on that day. He was standing at the door and suddenly felt a shock. , “The glass at home was shattered.” The resident said that the road to the place where the incident occurred has been closed.
On July 20, the official website of the Dengfeng Municipal Government of Henan Province of the Communist Party of China reported that an explosion occurred at Dengdian Group Aluminum Alloy Co., Ltd. in Quhe Village, Gaocheng Town, Dengfeng City at 6 am on the 20th. Currently, there are no casualties.
The report also stated that around 4 o’clock, the water level of the Yinghe River near the incident company soared and exceeded the warning level. Due to the soaring water level of the river, the wall collapsed and the plant flooded. At about 6 o’clock, the high-temperature solution in the alloy tank in the factory area exploded due to flooding.
At present, the entire plant has stopped production, involving an operating capacity of more than 40,000 tons.
According to the Chinese company Chacha APP, the company was established in June 2020 and its business scope includes non-ferrous metal alloy manufacturing, non-ferrous metal rolling processing, and synthetic material manufacturing. In March 2019, the company received administrative penalties for failing to submit written materials as required.
In recent years, there have been frequent explosions in chemical plants in the mainland, causing heavy casualties. For example, on August 2, 2014, the explosion accident at the Kunshan Chemical Plant; August 12, 2015, the explosion accident at the Tianjin Chemical Plant; and March 21, 2019, a particularly serious explosion accident at the Jiangsu Chemical Plant.
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