An Explosion at a Chemical Plant in Eastern China
Category: Eyewitness, PEGI 0+
31 May 2025
A powerful explosion occurred at a chemical plant in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong. The plant belongs to the company that is the world's largest producer of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The number of victims is unknown.
A powerful explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China - an explosion occurred at an enterprise that produces pesticides and chemicals. More than 500 people work there
The force of the explosion was so powerful that it broke the windows of a warehouse located more than three kilometers from the blast site.
The plant belongs to Shandong Youdao Chemical, the world's largest producer of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. Every year, the plant produces about 11 thousand tons of the substance, which is intended, among other things, to combat insects. More than 200 emergency workers are currently at the scene. The number of victims and casualties is unknown.
A huge workshop is engulfed in flames after an explosion. It is unknown whether there were any people left inside.
A Chinese worker managed to jump off a chemical tank before it exploded. The Internet claims that this is a video from the plant's camera.
The first victims who managed to get out of the plant
