PUBLIC ANGER GROWSPublic anger over safety standards has grown in China over industrial accidents, ranging from mining disasters to factory fires, that have marred three decades of swift economic growth. After Thursday's blast in Yancheng, police, some wearing face masks, sealed off roads to what was left of the devastated, smouldering plant. Windows were smashed in the village of Wangshang two kilometres (1.2 miles) away, where stunned residents likened it to an earthquake. Authorities must step up action to prevent such incidents and determine the cause of the blast as quickly as possible, Xi said. Some volatile organic chemical measurements far exceeded surface water standards, by 15 times in one case, the Jiangsu bureau said.

Source: bd News24 March 23, 2019 10:30 UTC