2020-06-13 14:23:02 source: Zhejiang News App, Xinhua News, People's Daily
(Video via People's Daily)
As of 9: 30 a.m on Sunday, 19 people died and 172 others are injured after a tank truck exploded and veered off an expressway in Zhejiang on Saturday afternoon.
The explosion that occurred around 4:40 p.m. near the village of Liangshan, Wenling City, has caused the collapse of some nearby residential houses and factory workshops along the Shenyang-Haikou Expressway.
Up to now, a total of more than 30 sets of excavators and other large rescue machinery and equipment were put into the on-site rescue, 151 rescue vehicles of various types were dispatched, and more than 2,660 people participated in the rescue.
Rescue efforts are underway.
(Executive Editor: Ye Ke)
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