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China launches investigation of county chief months after he inspected fatal coal mine

A county-level Communist Party chief in China’s central Shanxi province was put under disciplinary review, 11 days after a deadly gas explosion at a local mine killed 82 people and left two missing. Zhao Yongjin, party secretary of Qinyuan county in Changzhi, Shanxi, was “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law”, the Shanxi provincial discipline inspection and supervisory commission, an anti-corruption watchdog, announced on Tuesday night. The blast took place at the Liushenyu Coal...

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Rescuers dig for bodies after Myanmar explosives blast kills at least 38

More than a dozen rescue and charity groups used excavation machinery on Monday to recover bodies following a massive blast from stored mining explosives in northeastern Myanmar. The explosion occurred on Sunday at noon in Kaungtup village, Namhkam township in Shan State near the Chinese border. Initial reports had suggested there were at least 45 deaths, but local rescue volunteers now put the number of dead at 38-40. Determining the exact death toll has been complicated because several bodies...

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Explosion kills 5 at Hanwha Aerospace factory in South Korea

Five people have died and two others were injured in a fire at a factory operated by South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, a fire official said on Monday. The two survivors, including one who was badly burned, had escaped from the facility themselves, a fire official told a briefing. “Authorities have yet to identify the victims ‌because their bodies were severely damaged,” a health official told the same briefing. A fire official said that an explosion had triggered the blaze,...

South China Morning Post

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45 killed in Myanmar’s Shan state after blast at mining explosive storage facility

A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescuers and independent media reports. About 70 other people were injured in the explosion that took place around noon in the village of Kaungtup, in Namhkam township. The area, located about 3 kilometres (2 miles) south of the Chinese border, is under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, an ethnic armed group which has engaged in...

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Woman suffers 40% burns in Hong Kong flat explosion caused by ‘gas leak’

A woman has been found with burns covering 40 per cent of her body after a suspected gas leak triggered an explosion at a flat in Hong Kong. Police said they received reports at around 10.30am on Friday that residents had heard a loud explosion from the flat in Lam Bik House, Lam Tin Estate. By the time firefighters arrived, the blaze had already been extinguished. They rescued a woman of unknown age from the flat with burns covering 40 per cent of her body, including her face and both...

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Tanker hit by explosion near Hormuz hours after US strikes on Iran

An explosion damaged a tanker close to its waterline as it sailed off Oman, a marine monitor said on Tuesday, as tensions remained high around the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. The captain reported the explosion on the hull of the vessel, UK Maritime Trade Operations said. “The crew and vessel are safe, although the master reports some bunker fuel has discharged into the sea.” The incident, in the Gulf of Oman about 60 nautical miles east of Muscat, was an “external explosion”, UKMTO added,...

South China Morning Post

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Are systemic safety failures to blame for China’s deadly mine blast?

A gas explosion that killed at least 82 people in central China – the country’s worst mining disaster in more than a decade – was the result of systemic safety failures across multiple parts of the production chain, according to miners and industry insiders. The Friday blast at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi province also left two people missing and 128 survivors in hospital, including two in critical condition. Miners interviewed by the South China Morning Post said several workers had not...

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Possible fissure in California chemical tank may help prevent explosion, official says

Experts trying to prevent a tank of hazardous chemicals from exploding in southern California found a “potential crack” in the container that might be reducing the pressure, a fire official said on Sunday. Since Friday, officials have warned that the tank, which contains methyl methacrylate, a flammable chemical used in plastics and manufacturing, could ‌rupture and spill up to 26,500 litres (7,000 gallons) of toxic material or explode and endanger other tanks on the GKN Aerospace...

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California races to prevent chemical tank explosion as thousands evacuated

Firefighters warned on Saturday that a tank of toxic chemicals in California is heating up, adding to fears of a catastrophic explosion that has already forced tens of thousands of Californians to evacuate. About 40,000 residents were ordered to leave their homes in the Garden Grove area of Orange county, southeast of Los Angeles, on Friday after the tank began to leak, sending fumes over a heavily populated area. The tank contains 26,000 litres (7,000 gallons) of methyl methacrylate, a volatile...

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Russian missiles pummel Kyiv in retaliation for dorm attack that killed 18

Russia pounded Kyiv with a large missile and drone attack early on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 20, authorities said, after Moscow threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. Multiple rounds of loud explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital throughout the early hours of the morning. “Tonight Kyiv region is once again enduring a mass enemy attack with strike drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles,” said Mykola Kalashnyk, the head of the regional...

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At least 82 dead in China’s worst mining disaster in 17 years

Coal miners in the sleepy Chinese county of Qinyuan sometimes dine at Zhang’s skewer eatery, especially on payday, so a gas explosion that killed at least 82 of these workers left her feeling sorrow for their bereaved families. The tragedy unfolded in northern Shanxi province, with preliminary findings showing the company operating the mine had […]

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90 killed in China’s worst coal mine accident for more than a decade

At least 90 people have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in the central Chinese province of Shanxi. State news agency Xinhua reported that the gas explosion happened at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Qinyuan county, about 520km (320 miles) southwest of Beijing, at around 7.30pm on Friday after the mine issued a carbon monoxide alert. There were 247 workers underground at the time of the blast. As of Saturday afternoon, 123 survivors were being treated in hospital, including two who were in a...

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China launches investigation of county chief months after he inspected fatal coal mine

Rescuers dig for bodies after Myanmar explosives blast kills at least 38

Explosion kills 5 at Hanwha Aerospace factory in South Korea

45 killed in Myanmar’s Shan state after blast at mining explosive storage facility

Woman suffers 40% burns in Hong Kong flat explosion caused by ‘gas leak’

Tanker hit by explosion near Hormuz hours after US strikes on Iran

Are systemic safety failures to blame for China’s deadly mine blast?

Possible fissure in California chemical tank may help prevent explosion, official says

California races to prevent chemical tank explosion as thousands evacuated

Russian missiles pummel Kyiv in retaliation for dorm attack that killed 18

At least 82 dead in China’s worst mining disaster in 17 years

90 killed in China’s worst coal mine accident for more than a decade