The explosion site of Liuyang Fireworks Factory in Hunan Province： the glass of the house was completely shattered and the factory building was blown flat.

Excavators and workers are cleaning up the scene. Photo by Yang Huafeng

　　Zhongxin. com Liuyang December 5 th Issue: Directly hit the explosion site of a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province: the glass of the house was completely shattered and the factory building was blown flat.

　　Author Wang Haohao Xu Zhixiong Yang Huafeng

　　At 7: 50 am on December 4th, Liuyang Bixi Fireworks Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Bixi Fireworks"), located in Daping Village, Chengtanjiang Town, Liuyang City, Hunan Province, caused an explosion accident in a workshop due to illegal production of fireworks and firecrackers. After verification, 7 people were killed and 13 were injured.

Large lights were set up at the scene of the explosion. Photo by Yang Huafeng

　　When the reporter rushed to the scene of the explosion on the evening of the 4 th, he saw that the perimeter had been pulled up, large lighting was set up at the scene, excavators and staff were still cleaning up the scene, and the surrounding mountain fires caused by the explosion had been extinguished. Bixi fireworks production workshop is located at the mountainside of a hill, surrounded by houses and farmland; The workshop of the production workshop was bombed to the ground; Most of the glass of the houses around the explosion site was shattered, and the frame fan structure of many glass windows was bent due to the explosion impact; The road next to the houses is full of broken glass.

　　"I learned about the explosion at 9 o’clock in the morning and rushed over immediately after work." Mr. Yang, a villager in Daping Village, whose home is about 200 meters away from the scene of the explosion, rushed home from Changsha City at 11 o’clock on the evening of the 4th. "My mother and wife were at home when the explosion occurred. After hearing about two loud noises, the glass at home was completely shattered. When I ran out of home, I saw that the fireworks factory had emitted smoke."

　　Mr. Yang said that the workshop of Bixi Fireworks has been built for more than ten years, and the production scale has been expanding in recent years. The workshop where the explosion accident occurred mainly produces gun cleaning, and the output and scale are at a medium level in Chengtanjiang Town.

　　The reporter saw that Mr. Yang’s home was full of raw materials for firecrackers and related machines for producing fireworks. Many local villagers also have processed raw materials for fireworks in front of their houses. "We produce materials such as gun barrels ourselves and then supply them to related fireworks companies." Mr. Yang said.

The road next to the houses is full of broken glass. Photo by Wang Haohao

　　Mr. Chen, a villager in Daping Village, whose home is more than two kilometers away from the scene of the explosion, said that he heard three loud noises during the explosion, which were separated by about 10 minutes. The explosion was very shocking, and the hanging electric fan and chandelier at home shook greatly.

　　Liuyang has the reputation of "hometown of fireworks in China", which is the birthplace of fireworks and firecrackers, and the largest production and trade base of fireworks and firecrackers in the world. Its products are sold to more than 100 countries and regions around the world. In 2018, Liuyang Fireworks Industry Cluster achieved a total output value of 24.64 billion yuan, including export sales of 3.59 billion yuan. In 2002, the headquarters of International Fireworks Association (IFA) was established in Liuyang.

Many window sash structures are bent due to explosion impact. Photo by Wang Haohao

　　The reporter found that Bixi Fireworks was included in Liuyang Export Fireworks Quality and Safety Demonstration Zone in 2015; In April 2017, he was fined 10,000 yuan for over-production in a granulation room.

　　Changsha official revealed that the person in charge and the funder of Bixi Fireworks have been controlled by the public security organs, and the wounded have been fully treated and the injury is stable. At present, the accident investigation team has been established, which will carry out accident investigation in accordance with the law, seriously accountability and accountability, and at the same time carry out the investigation of hidden dangers of fireworks and firecrackers enterprises in Hunan Province.