In addition to the dead and missing, two are in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
\n BEIJING
\nThirty-six people were killed and two are missing after a fire at a plant in central China, state media said Tuesday, citing local authorities.
\nThe fire took place \u201cat a plant in Anyang City, central China\u2019s Henan Province on Monday afternoon\u201d, news agency Xinhua reported without sharing further details.
\nState media said rescue services first received reports of a fire at 4:22 pm (0822 GMT) at Kaixinda Trading Co., Ltd.
\n\u201cAfter receiving the alarm, the municipal fire rescue detachment immediately dispatched forces to the scene,\u201d CCTV reported.
\n\u201cPublic security, emergency response, municipal administration, and power supply units rushed to the scene at the same time to carry out emergency handling and rescue work,\u201d it said, adding the fire had been extinguished by around 11 pm local time.
\nIn addition to the dead and missing, two are in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, CCTV added.
\nAuthorities said \u201ccriminal suspects\u201d had been taken into custody in connection with the fire, but did not provide further details.
\nIndustrial accidents are common in China due to weak safety standards and corruption among officials tasked with enforcing them.
\nIn June, one person was killed and another injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in Shanghai.
\nThe fire at a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. plant in the outlying Jinshan district sent thick clouds of smoke over a vast industrial zone as three fires blazed in separate locations, turning the sky black.
\nAnd last year, a gas blast killed 25 people and reduced several buildings to rubble in the central city of Shiyan.
\nIn March 2019, an explosion at a chemical factory in Yancheng, located 260 kilometres (161 miles) from Shanghai, killed 78 people and devastated homes in a several-kilometre radius.
\nFour years prior, a giant explosion in northern Tianjin at a chemical warehouse killed 165 people, one of China\u2019s worst-ever industrial accidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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