State Council investigators vow thorough probe into deadly blast

By CANG WEI, HOU LIQIANG and WANG JING in Xiangshui, Jiangsu; WANG KEJU and CAO YIN in Beijing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-03-23 11:25
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Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical Co, which runs the factory, was set up in 2007. A producer of chemical compounds, such as anisole, m-Phenylenediamine and para-Phenylenediamine, it has 195 workers, according to government files.

Zhang Qinyue, in charge of the company's operation in Xiangshui, was injured in the blast, and factory staff members were under police control, according to a release from the Yancheng government.

Zhang was sentenced to 18 months with a two-year reprieve and fined 300,000 yuan ($44,690) for pollution by a court in the province in 2017, according to China Judgments Online. The company has been punished several times for safety loopholes and violating environmental rules, records show.

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