Firefighters work to extinguish the fire at the Dezheng Chemical Plant in Dengkou County, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region/XINHUA
The fire started at 4:45pm Saturday in the Luxi Chemical Plant in Liaocheng City. It was extinguished by 3:36am on Sunday, fire fighters said.
After monitoring of air quality, local environmental protection authorities said the accident did not cause any toxic gas leakages.
The fire-fighting foam and water used to extinguish the fire have been directed into a pool inside the plant for environmental emergency disposal, and environmental protection authorities are testing for toxic chemicals.
Authorities said no toxic substances have been detected in the air so far.
Local authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire.
The factory produces refined chemicals such as sulphuric acid and chemical fertilizer.
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