Chemical plant blast sees 10,000 evacuated

A SERIES of explosions rocked a chemical plant in northeastern China yesterday forcing the evacuation of 10,000 people, state media said.

No deaths were reported, but witnesses said that dozens of people were taken to hospital.

The blasts occurred between early afternoon local time (around 6.30am Irish time) at the No 101 Chemical Plant in Jilin City in China’s northeast.