in total nine people died In the city of Ordos, which belongs to the Inner Mongolia province (northern) of China, due to gas leakXinhua news agency reported today.
The incident occurred at a workshop located in an industrial park in the city at around 3:40 PM local time (07:40 GMT) this Thursday. A high pressure gas leak has occurred. This leak caused many workers to fallThey were doing their jobs from high places.
Eight workers died instantly in the accident, while four workers were injured and taken to hospitals. One of the injured died during treatment.
Despite regulatory initiatives, accidents from gas leaks are relatively common in the Chinese chemical industry. regulations are loose. At least five people were killed in an explosion last January after a gas leak was recorded at a chemical plant in the northeastern municipality of Panjin.
In 2019, an explosion at a chemical plant in eastern Jiangsu province killed 78 people and led to the inspection of all chemical plants in the country.