山东一座化工厂发生爆炸一人死亡

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.中国官方媒体说，中国东部一座化工厂发生爆炸，造成至少一人死亡。中国发生的一系列爆炸使人们对中国的生产安全规则提出质疑。

中国社交媒体上照片显示，星期一旁晚一个巨大的火球在山东省东营工业区燃烧。

当地政府的新闻网站报道说，爆炸发生在山东滨源化学有限公司一家化工厂，五小时后大火被扑灭。

报道还说，该企业的几名经管人员已被拘留，爆炸原因还在调查中。

不到一个月前，中国北方港口城市天津一个化学品仓库发生大爆炸，造成158人死亡。在调查过程中，中国当局拘留了12名公司雇员和11名政府官员。