Firefighters work at the blast site in Panshan County, Liaoning Province, northeast China, January 15. /China Media Group
Firefighters work at the blast site in Panshan County, Liaoning Province, northeast China, January 15. /China Media Group
Five people were killed and eight others are still missing after an explosion at a chemical plant in Panshan County, northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Sunday afternoon, authorities said on Monday.
The blast occurred at around 1:30 p.m. at Panjin Haoye chemical plant while workers were carrying out maintenance work at an alkylation facility.
The fire has been put under control, and the dynamic air monitoring showed no abnormalities, local officials said early on Monday.
The Chinese Emergency Management Ministry has sent a work group to help the rescue efforts.