An explosion and fire at a plastic factory in Pinghu, Jiaxing has killed 8 people and injured 5 people (photo)

At 7:40 a.m on August 30, a fire broke out in the workshop of Pinghu Shenping Plastic Co., Ltd located in suilun village, dushangang Town, Pinghu City, Jiaxing Due to the strong wind, the fire quickly burned through the house, resulting in the collapse of hundreds of flat plants At that time, there were 30 workers working in the factory According to the rescue workers at the scene, some people were trapped in the collapsed house, which was very critical The fire department put out the fire in time and the fire was put out quickly After the fire, Pinghu municipal Party committee and the municipal government quickly launched the emergency plan, set up a fire disposal leading group, and the working groups such as on-site search and rescue, medical treatment, rehabilitation and appeasement, accident investigation, and information release quickly carried out their work Several injured people were sent to hospitals in Shanghai and Pinghu in time The on-site search and rescue work is still in progress The environmental protection department conducted real-time monitoring on the surrounding environment of the fire scene at the first time According to the monitoring results, the fire did not cause significant impact on the surrounding environment At present, the owner of the enterprise has been controlled by the local public security department The cause of the fire and injuries are under further investigation and verification According to Zhejiang Online reporter, the accident has killed 8 people and injured 5 people One of them died of ineffective rescue, and the other seven died when they were rescued.