Tanker explosion at shipyard as the vessel was being repaired
At least seven people were killed and one injured when an oil tanker exploded and caught fire in the coastal city of Ningbo in east China’s Zhejiang Province on 12 October morning, local authorities said, according to Xinhua News.
The accident happened at about 8:40 a.m. at Zhangjianqi shipyard in the city’s Zhenhai District when the 300-tonne vessel was being repaired.
The fire blaze was extinguished at about 11 a.m.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
A boat sprays water to extinguish flames after an oil tanker explodedkilling at least seven people. An unknown amount of oil was leaking into the Yongjiang River in Zhejiang province’s Ningbo, as reported in China Daily.
Image Credit: Zhang Peijian/China Daily
