On Saturday, a tanker truck explosion in Zhejiang, southeast China, killed 19 and hurt 172.
The truck carried liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and exploded at a highway exit. The blast sent flames and a cloud of smoke high into the sky, and a second explosion also occurred after the damaged truck was propelled onto a factory building close to the highway.
Efforts are still ongoing to recover any survivors with more than 2,600 rescue workers deployed to the site.
At the moment, authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
A local outlet Chongqing Daily reported that the owner of the truck is a company that has been penalized 11 times by authorities in the past over health and safety failures.
The government commission responsible for safety production called for traffic police to ramp up law enforcement focusing on vehicles including those carrying dangerous chemicals.
