At about 10:10 this morning, an explosion occurred at the tank area of Excellence New Energy Co., Ltd. in Tieshan Town, Xinluo District, Longyan, Fujian, and the scene was filled with smoke. So far, 2 employees of the factory area have disappeared and 2 people have been injured, one of them is seriously injured.
The site is currently continuing firefighting tasks. The factory area stores industrial alcohol, including vegetable oil and biodiesel. After the fire temperature is too high, the pressure in the tank expands, and then a small-scale explosion occurs.
After receiving the alarm, Longyan Fire Department quickly dispatched the fire rescue personnel to the scene. At present, more than 130 fire brigade members have arrived at the scene, and there are nearly 40 fire trucks. Fire trucks are also distributed in all corners of the combustion for combustion control, and the surrounding tank area and surrounding plant area have not been significantly affected.
Up to now, 2 people are missing and 2 are injured. The injured have been sent to the hospital for treatment. People nearby have been evacuated. There are many small villages in the vicinity of the park. For the residents of the nearby villages, except for certain traffic control, life will not be significantly affected.
Fire rescue personnel said that although the current burning smoke is very large, the surrounding air quality will be reduced to a certain extent, but it is not toxic, and it is relatively safe for the lives of surrounding residents. After that, there will be fire rescues rushing to the scene for rescue.