2,000 Chinese Firefighters Fight Pipeline Blaze
BEIJING, –More than 2,000 firemen from 14 cities across the Northeastern province of Liaoning worked overnight to put out a blaze caused by explosion of oil pipes near a port in Dalian. With 338 fire engines at their disposal, the firemen spent 15 hours to contain the blaze.
The China Air Force dispatched two aircraft with fire extinguishing agent to assist in the operation. About 6pm yesterday, an oil pipeline exploded, triggering an adjacent smaller pipeline to explode near Dalian’s Xingang Harbor.
Both pipelines, owned by China National Petroleum Corp, caught fire. They were links between oil ships and depots.
The blaze from the larger pipeline was put out about midnight, but at least five subsequent explosions worsened the fire on the smaller pipeline.
