Factory fire in the night sky lit up red special correspondent Wu Xuehua photo

■ Time: 10 o’clock last night 50 minutes

■ Venue: Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Chemical local limited liability company

■ cause: low olefins pipeline tank farm fire

After the accident, Mayor Han Zheng, Vice Mayor Zhang Xuebing, Ai Baojun were rushed to the city emergency response command center and the scene, directing rescue and disposal. Currently, safety supervision department led the establishment of municipal accident investigation team is investigating the cause of the accident.

At 10:50 Xu, Jinshan Caojing Town, Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co., Ltd. sudden fire. More than 100 fire engines rushed to the scene today, around midnight the fire was effectively controlled, on-site to maintain stable combustion leakage points, 9 am fire was extinguished. It is understood that casualties are not found, no major equipment damage, fire is under investigation.

Cordon expanded several times

Today 1:00, the reporter drove to the factory fifty-six km away. Cordon was extended several times, each intersection has a police and security guard. Reporters walk several kilometers into the plant. Workers revealed that Secco chemical plant produces ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, workers schedule is “three shifts,” the fire is high ethylene jar.

Covers an area of ​​large, spreading plant with a lot of unlocked bicycles for workers at any time. Reporters rode bicycles, in the open plant in rapid cycling 15 minutes to reach the eastern part of the factory fire. Fire in the night sky lit up red, shocking, over a hundred fire engines came from the fire district, fire has been controlled.

“It was heard bursts of explosions can be heard far away, like the same movie!” Remembers the scene, witnesses fear.

Science and rescue to keep the tank

After the accident, the city quickly deployed chemical emergency response center area, Jinshan, Fengxian, Secret Service, more than 30 squadron, more than 100 fire engines, more than a thousand officers and men, as well as theater attendance and corps headquarters to the scene to dispose of. Fire officers and men at 10:59 last night, arrived at the scene.

After a preliminary understanding, the scene of the explosion burning 20,000 tons of ethylene pipeline connecting the tank base and 3 tons of propylene tank group. Fighting efforts by the fire brigade, rescue science, to keep the tank full, not to explode.

Environmental monitoring vehicle subsequently arrived on the scene, on-site air sampling, testing and analysis. The results show that SECCO area surrounding air and chemical environment is not affected. The workers also said that after the explosion, from the point within 100 meters of the explosion did not smell any odor. Relevant functional department staff held an emergency meeting overnight in the plant, the specific reasons for the accident is still under investigation.

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Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co., Ltd. official website of information display, located in Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park, River Road, in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, covering about 200 hectares with a total investment of approximately $ 2.7 billion, is the largest Sino-foreign joint petrochemical projects. (Reporters Tu Shichao HU Yan Xinmin Wang thrifty)