Time 15:20 CST (07:20 UTC) Non-fatal injuries 4 Location Dangyang, China Injuries 4 | Cause Under investigation Date 11 August 2016 Total number of deaths 22 | |
The 2016 Dangyang explosion was an explosion that occurred at the coal-fired power plant of Madian Gangue Power Generation Company located in Dangyang, Hubei, China on 11 August 2016 at 15:20 local time (07:20 UTC). It initially killed twenty-one people and injured five, three of them critically.
Events
The explosion involved a high-pressure steam pipe, which had burst and began leaking during a debugging process for the unfinished power plant.
On 13 August, it was reported by the State Administration of Work Safety that the death toll had risen to twenty-two. The explosion also caused the power plant and nearby companies to close and prompted a work safety overhaul to be launched in the city.
References
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