Two deadly chemical plant explosions in China
By 
Rebecca Trager2019-12-17T09:27:00
Dye factory incident kills 9 people, prompting detention of company officials, while a second plant explosion took 4 lives
A wastewater tank at a dye factory in China exploded on 3 December, killing nine people and injuring about a dozen others. Local police have detained senior officials at Longzhou Printing and Dyeing pending an investigation into the cause of the incident, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) – Hong Kong’s newspaper of record. The contaminated wastewater reportedly flooded the area and polluted a nearby river.