For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Follow us on Facebook ☛ http://me.lt/9P8MUn<br /><br />A massive blaze at a chemical warehouse in the southern city of Guangzhou is under control, after forcing thousands of residents to evacuate the area. More than a dozen firetrucks were dispatched to the scene. Here's that story.<br /><br />An explosion ripped through a warehouse at a chemical plant in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Thursday. It's forced the evacuation of about 6000 residents living nearby. No injures or death have been reported.<br /><br />It happened at about 1:30 in Thursday afternoon at a storage facility at the Futian Chemical Company in Guangzhou.<br /><br />Ninety firefighters and 15 fire engines were dispatched, and the situation was brought under control in about two hours, according to the Panyu Safety Supervision Bureau.<br /><br />A small amount of hydrogen chloride, a toxic gas, has been detected in the air in neighboring areas, and evacuated residents have yet to return home.<br /><br />[Zhou Dafu, Director, Panyu District Safety Supervision Bureau]:<br />"An expert group has arrived at the scene and the findings will soon be released. A certain amount of toxic gas was detected in the air... The only thing that is unusual now is that we still feel uncomfortable in the throat."<br /><br />Firefighters are still at the scene to deal with the aftermath and to determine the cause of the blaze.
