A devastating explosion at a factory in China
The local government is blamed for slack supervision
AN EXPLOSION on March 21st at a pesticide factory in Xiangshui county, Jiangsu province, killed at least 78 people and injured more than 600 others. It was China’s deadliest industrial accident since 2015. The government blamed local officials and the company, Tianjiayi Chemical, for failing to learn lessons from safety violations at the plant.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “A factory inferno”
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