BEIJING: At least two people were killed, 34 injured and nearly a dozen were reported missing after a fire broke out Sunday in a chemical plant in a town of Panjin City, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, local authorities said on Monday.
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The explosion occurred at 3:13 p.m. (0713 GMT) on Sunday at Panjin Haoye Chemical Co Ltd as maintenance was being carried out on an alkylation facility. Alkylation is a process by which high-octane motor fuel is refined from lower-quality oil byproducts.
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Emergency workers were dispatched to the scene, and an unknown number of wounded were taken to the hospital, the Chinese news outlet said.
Panjin Haoye is an independent refinery and chemical producer in the city of Panjin in Liaoning province.
