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title: "Chemical plant blast kills five"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:12:05+00:00"
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#  Chemical plant blast kills five

 Written on 30 June 2025.

An explosion at a chemical plant in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong killed at least five people, with 19 injured and six missing, the state-run Xinhua agency said. The blast occurred a few minutes before noon, shaking part of a chemical plant operated by Shandong Youdao Chemical in the city of Weifang.

Videos circulating on Chinese social media and verified by Reuters showed plumes of orange and black smoke billowing into the sky. Windows of nearby buildings were ripped from their hinges by the explosion, one of the videos showed. More than 200 emergency workers responded to the blast, according to a statement issued by China's emergency response authority and drone video posted by The Beijing News, a government-run publication, showed smoke emerging from the chemical plant and from a second, unidentified facility nearby.

The Weifang Ecological Environment Bureau dispatched staff to test the site of the blast but said there were no results yet available. The bureau advised nearby residents to wear face masks in the meantime, Beijing News reported.

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