A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Anshan on April 1.
On the morning of 1 April, the people's Government of Maanshan City, Anhui Province, officially released [Maanshan City to launch a major fire safety inspection of key chemical enterprises] in order to profoundly learn the lessons from the "3.21" explosion in Yancheng, Jiangsu, for several days, The municipal fire rescue detachment is guided by rectifying fire hidden dangers, persistently fighting active battles, attacking tough battles, carrying out fire safety inspection in chemical enterprises in an all-round way, discovering problems in time, strictly carrying out rectification and reform, and further eliminating fire risk hidden dangers.

In the afternoon, however, there was a chemical plant fire
According to Anhui Province Maanshan Cihu High-tech Industrial Development Zone official Weibo news, April 1, 2019 around 15:00, Cihu High-tech Zone Mingyuan Technology Co., Ltd. occurred a fire accident. After receiving the report, Ma'anshan Municipal Party Committee, the main leader of the municipal government, the main leader of the high-tech zone, the municipal emergency management bureau, fire fighting, public security, emergency team rushed to the scene to deal with the work at the first time, to guide the rescue and disposal work. According to the preliminary understanding, the accident is caused by the fire of chemical materials in the factory area, the evacuation of the site has been completed, and no casualties. By 16:20, the fire had been brought under control and the cause was under investigation.

On whether there are casualties, but the problem is still exposed, I hope Maanshan City can learn from the lessons, truly do a good job in the safety inspection of chemical enterprises.
According to statistics, more than 150 people were killed in 9 accidents in the last ten days.
In general, the accident was shocking, with heavy casualties and huge property losses. The subsequent fire safety inspection in various parts of the country was not strict and unassailable, but the accident was still a great threat to the lives of the people, to the state, and to the property of the collective. Only when safety inspection is carried out effectively can safety accidents be effectively contained without going through the field, making no big talk, and not supervising blindly.
2026-09-05
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