A gas leak at a petrochemical plant in China’s northwest Gansu province Friday morning 8 January led to an explosion that has killed at least five people. It is the latest in a string of deadly gas leaks in the country, in just over two weeks: a leak 5 January at a steel factory in northern Hebei province killed 21 workers who were putting together a furnace, according to CNN, which says company leaders have admitted to initially under-reporting the death toll. And a leak at a steel plant in the same region 23 December killed 17.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 8 January 2010.
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Tags: China, deaths, explosions, gas leaks, petrochemical, plants, steel
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January 9th, 2010 at 6:09 am
China has a horrible record of following the right measures to avoid a pollution disaster. It is sad. The people can’t do anything against the government. Someone has to save them.