One Dead, 20 Injured in Chinese Battery Recycling Fire
Flames fed by aluminum foil discarded in the waste disposal unit.
January 11, 2021
Flames fed by aluminum foil discarded in the waste disposal unit.
January 11, 2021
Disaster left 78 people dead.
November 30, 2020
Facility was idle at the time of the blaze.
November 25, 2020
Blast levels factory building.
November 18, 2020
Search for survivors continue.
November 13, 2020
Reports say open vat of chemical residues ignited.
November 9, 2020
Company reports production continues as normal.
November 9, 2020
Nearby businesses destroyed, threatened by fire.
November 5, 2020
Upper floors of four-story building ablaze.
October 19, 2020
Yellow smoke indicates a release of nitric acid.
September 29, 2020
Bulldozers used to pile dirt as a barrier.
September 10, 2020
The condition of any casualties remains unknown.
September 8, 2020
Building stocked with flammable plastic waste.
August 31, 2020
Firefighters extinguish the blaze in less than four hours.
August 31, 2020
Worker trapped inside burning structure for nearly five hours.
August 26, 2020