[BREAKING] 18 Dead, Over 180 Injured on China Truck Explosion, Causing 10-Meter Crack on Highway

A massive truck explosion happened over the weekend in Southeast China. A tanker truck carrying a liquified gas exploded, resulting in 189 injured and 18 deaths, as of Sunday, June 14.

After the truck exploded on the highway, another explosion occurred near the accident, resulting in more intense damage. The Chinese authorities now talk about limiting the transportation of dangerous products in public highways.

Massive China explosion: 18 deaths and 189 injured after truck exploded on highway

A tanker truck, carrying a huge amount of dangerous and flammable gas, exploded against nearby buildings and residential houses at Liangshan Village, close to the city of Wenling, in China.

On Saturday, June 13, the accident occurred. But as of today, June 14, the death tolls now increases to 18 while 189 people were injured due to the incident, ABC News reported.

Images from local Chinese authorities show how massive the damage was on buildings nearby the explosion.

Several debris, damaged buildings, and a 10-meter crack were on the highway after the said explosion. Firefighters were already deployed to control the fire all over the place.

What makes this explosion worse was when the exploded truck propelled towards a factory building, resulting in a second explosion, which caused more deaths and injuries.

Zhu Minglian, Wenling's deputy mayor, said that over 2,600 workers were inside the factory when the building exploded. The search-and-rescue team already deployed to look for any more survivors that could have stuck inside the damaged building.

One survivor said on ABC News that the explosion was too powerful that it shattered the windows of their homes.

According to local outlet Chongqing Daily via BBC, the company which owns the truck was already penalized for 11 times by authorities due to the health and safety failures of trucks.

Chinese authorities order monitoring on dangerous transported goods

Since the tanker truck carries a huge amount of flammable gas inside, Chinese authorities now want to monitor the transported goods all over the country strictly.

Anything that has harmful content transportation should be supervised, according to the State Council Work Safety Committee.