Incident Report
Subject: 1 missing, 1 injured in E China oil tank explosion
Date
of Email report: Sat 30/03/2013
Report Detail:
An oil tank exploded and caught fire in east China's Shandong Province on Friday, leaving one person seriously injured and another one missing, local authorities said. The blast happened around 9 a.m. in a tank storage area in an industrial zone in Gaoliu Township in the city of Qingzhou, a municipal fire-fighter said. More than ten fire trucks have been sent to the scene to put out the fire. Fire-fighters have used high-pressure water jets to cool down seven nearby tanks that contain crude oil in order to prevent subsequent explosions.
The cause of the blast is under investigation.
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