Breaking news! Maoming Petrochemical Chemical Division No. 2 cracking No. 3 furnace on fire

On March 30, 2022, at about 1:40 p.m., a fire broke out in No.2 Cracking Furnace No.3 of Maoming Petrochemical Chemical Division in Guangdong Province.

After receiving the alarm, Maoming Petrochemical Emergency Rescue Center and Maoming Fire Center quickly started the emergency plan, set up the on-site rescue command, and dispatched several firefighting gas defense vehicles to organize fire fighting and rescue.

As seen from the eyewitness video, after the incident, the surrounding roads were quickly blocked and the accident site could be seen from afar with fires raging in the sky and thick smoke pouring out continuously, straight up to a height of 100 metres, which was very frightening.

At present, the disposal of the fire scene is being carried out in an intense and orderly manner, 14:05, the fire has been extinguished, the scene has a fire hose continued to spray water cooling treatment of the accident area, no casualties.

According to Huizheng information understanding, this is the second accident occurred in March since last year.

The briefing introduced that at 11:50 on March 15, 2021, the Maoming Petrochemical Chemical Division of the former section of the alkali washing tower of the paraben rubber plant suddenly caught fire, the scene of two employees were injured and sent to hospital, the accident has caused one death and two injuries.