Two people are dead and another 12 are missing after an explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China, underscoring the lingering problem the world’s No. The blast around 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Panjin city, Liaoning province, also left 34 people injured, China Central Television reported, citing local officials. The fire at the the Panjin Haoye Chemical Co. facility was still burning Monday, the state broadcaster said, though it was no longer spreading. CCTV said authorities hadn’t detected any major air-quality issues in Panjin, a city of about 1.4 million people that attracts tourists to wetlands covered by a bright red plant. In 2019, the nation closed an industrial park in Jiangsu where a blast killed some 78 people and left hundreds others injured.
