Deadly explosion in chemical factory: at least five deaths in Gaomi!

Deadly explosion in chemical factory: at least five deaths in Gaomi!

On May 27, 2025, a serious explosion occurred in a chemical factory in Gaomi, East China, which cost at least five people and put six more in missing status. In addition, 19 injuries were reported, while over 230 firefighters are deployed to control the situation. Reports on social media show a large column of smoke over the factory that was built in 2019 and employs more than 300 people. The company produces pesticides and pharmaceuticals.

residents reported strong vibrations, broken windows and falling objects. Disaster protection has sent medical specialists and occupational safety specialists to support the rescue work. Official bodies initially did not provide any information about injuries or fatalities, and the cause of the explosion has so far been unclear. In the past there have been several difficult explosions in China's industry, including in August 2022 in Ningbo, where damage to 90 million Yuan, and in 2015, more than 170 people died during explosions in Tianjin. According to lvz are the circumstances of the recent tragedy particularly alarming.

need for improvement in security

The explosive misfortune in Gaomi is not an isolated case in the Chinese chemical industry. Already ten days after a serious incident in Tianjin, in which at least 123 people died, an explosion occurred on Saturday evening in the Shandong Runxing Chemical Technology factory in Dongfu, province of Shandong. A dead and nine injuries were reported there after a fire broke out first. chemie.de also reports that the explosion through loud detonations and a large fireball shook the environment within a radius of five kilometers. A housing estate was only one kilometer away.

These incidents have increasingly led to nationwide inspections in companies that deal with chemicals and explosives. In Beijing, safety -relevant dangers were discovered at 85 out of 124 companies.

explosive past and current developments

Another serious incident occurred recently in Yanscheng, province of Jiangsu, where the number of fatalities rose to 47 after an explosion. In this case, 90 people were seriously injured and many of them are in a critical condition. On the day of the explosion, six deaths were initially reported. The pressure wave of this explosion damaged numerous houses and left cuts to 640 people who went to hospitals. There, too, measures to test air and water quality were initiated in order to check possible environmental pollution. Stern stands out that President XI Jinping and President Li Keqiang instructions to support the rescue work.

The series of these tragic events re -lived the discussion about security in the chemical industry in China and is reminiscent of the terrible catastrophe in Tianjin in 2015 when 173 people lost their lives. Despite the previous security tests, the question of the causes and the prevention of such accidents remains.