Among all the speculations, edited, filtered as well as “banned” information, what is known so far about the explosion that took place last wednesday in the morning at 10:10 am in an a plastic factory in the north of Nanjing city, is that the amount of fatal victims raised to at least 13 people and more than 300 hundred injured.
At first people speculated that it was a series of explosions of several gas stations around the area. Sinopec said that the explosions have nothing to do with the gas stations and that this ones are safe and have no risk of explosion.
Another reports said that the explosion happened in an old, abandoned plastic factory. Apparently the factory was sold to other companies, the explosion might have been set off by improper removal and demolition procedures, in which a buried pipe was perforated causing the accident.
“Nanjing authorities have detained four people they suspect are responsible for the incident.
