Fire at Sinopec Shanghai Petchem plant kills one | The Edge Markets

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– A + A BEIJING (June 18): A fire killed one person at a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co plant in Shanghai on Saturday, an accident that will not significantly affect the market, the company said. Roaring fire was seen engulfing part of a sprawling factory, emitting columns of thick black smoke, in a video posted on Twitter by the state-backed Shanghai Daily . The fire at one of China’s biggest refining and petrochemicals plants started around 4am (2000 GMT on Friday) and had been brought under control by 9am but “was difficult to handle”, state media Xinhua reported, citing fire…

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