2016 Dangyang explosion
The 2016 Dangyang explosion was an explosion that occurred at the coal-fired power plant of Madian Gangue Power Generation Company located in Dangyang, Hubei, China on 11 August 2016 at 15:20 local time. It initially killed twenty-one people and injured five, three of them critically.Events
The explosion involved a high-pressure steam pipe, which had burst and began leaking during a debugging process for the unfinished power plant.
On 13 August, it was reported by the State Administration of Work Safety that the death toll had risen to twenty-two. The explosion also caused the power plant and nearby companies to close and prompted a work safety overhaul to be launched in the city.
