Oil Tank Explosion at Chemical Plant in Urumqi, Xinjiang

by cyn.khoo | July 11, 2009 at 07:59 pm
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An oil tank blew up in a chemical plant in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in China the evening of Saturday, July 11 (PST). No casualities have been reported, nor has an explanation been released.

The agency did not give an explanation for the blast, which comes a week after ethnic rioting in Urumqi left 184 people dead.

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