What Happens in a Plastic Factory?

At about 10 am on May 23, 2012, a dimethyl ether steel cylinder suddenly exploded in the production workshop of Shulin Plastics Company, located in Yandunbao Village, Xiannv Town, Zhijiang. The explosion ignited the foamed plastics and other products and raw materials stacked in the workshop. The overheated area was about 1,000 square meters, which injured five people on the spot.

5.23 Hubei Zhijiang Plastic Factory Explosion

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10 am on May 23, 2012, located in Zhijiang

On the morning of May 23, 2012, a dimethyl ether cylinder explosion in Zhishu Shulin Plastic Co., Ltd. in Zhijiang City, Hubei Province, injured 8 people.

Yandunbao Village of Zhijiang Fairy Town

Subsequently, a buried dimethyl ether cylinder in the plant exploded again, injuring 3 people.

At 10:20 on May 23, 2012, the main leaders of Zhijiang and officers and men of the fire brigade rushed to the scene to rescue them, and rescued a trapped person from the fire. At 11 o'clock, the fire was completely extinguished. As of May 24, 2012, the injured were being treated in the hospital, and the cause of the accident is under investigation. ^[1]