Baku-APA. An explosion ripped through a chemical plant in east China's Changzhou City on Thursday evening, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
No casualties have been reported so far following the blast, which occurred at 7:50 p.m. after a fire started at around 6 p.m. in the chemical plant of Yanjin Shihua Co., Ltd. in Luoxi Township of Xinbei District, according to local authorities.
Firefighters are still struggling to bring the blaze under control.