Explosion at China chemical plant

8 April 2015 09:31 am

Firefighters battle a blaze following an explosion at a plant producing paraxylene - a chemical commonly known as PX - in Zhangzhou, east China's Fujian province yesterday. More than 800 firefighters battled for almost 24 hours to put out a vast fire at a controversial chemical plant in the Chinese city of Zhangzhou, state media said, the second accident at the site in two years. AFP