China News Agency, Beijing, January 16th (Reporter Guo Chaokai and Chen Su) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management of China on the 16th that an explosion occurred on the 15th in the alkylation unit of a company in Panjin, Liaoning. So far, 5 people have died and 8 people have lost contact. , the emergency management department dispatched and guided the disposal and sent a working group to the scene.

  At about 13:30 on January 15, the alkylation unit of Liaoning Panjin Haoye Chemical Co., Ltd. leaked, exploded and caught fire during maintenance. So far, 5 people have died and 8 people have lost contact.

  After receiving the report, the Emergency Management Department continued to dispatch and guide the on-site rescue and disposal. Minister Wang Xiangxi immediately made deployments, requiring scientific rescue, checking the number of people, and doing everything possible to search and rescue missing persons to prevent secondary accidents.

The working team dispatched overnight by the Emergency Management Department has arrived at the scene of the accident and started working.

  After the accident, the emergency management department immediately dispatched professional forces such as the National Hazardous Chemical Emergency Rescue Fushun Petrochemical Team to the scene for rescue; the fire rescue team invested a total of 443 fire rescue personnel and 105 fire engines to participate in the disposal.

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