山東一座化工廠發生爆炸一人死亡

An explosion at a chemical factory in eastern China has killed at least one person, according to government-run media, the latest in a series of deadly warehouse blasts that have raised questions about insufficient safety regulations.

Pictures on Chinese social media showed a large fireball rising from what appeared to be an industrial area in Dongying, located in the eastern province of Shandong province late Monday.

A news website run by the local government reported the explosion occurred at the Shandong Binyuan Chemical Company. The fire was extinguished five hours later, it said.

The news outlet added that several of the company's executives have been detained and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

The incident comes less than a month after a much larger explosion killed 158 people at a chemical storage facility in the northern port city of Tianjin. Chinese authorities have detained 12 company employees and 11 government officials in that investigation.中國官方媒體說，中國東部一座化工廠發生爆炸，造成至少一人死亡。中國發生的一系列爆炸使人們對中國的生產安全規則提出質疑。

中國社交媒體上照片顯示，星期一旁晚一個巨大的火球在山東省東營工業區燃燒。

當地政府的新聞網站報道說，爆炸發生在山東濱源化學有限公司一家化工廠，五小時後大火被撲滅。

報道還說，該企業的幾名經管人員已被拘留，爆炸原因還在調查中。

不到一個月前，中國北方港口城市天津一個化學品倉庫發生大爆炸，造成158人死亡。在調查過程中，中國當局拘留了12名公司僱員和11名政府官員。