38 killed, two injured in China plant fire
Beijing (PTI): A massive fire at a commerce and trade company in central China's Henan province has killed at least 38 people, local officials said on Tuesday.
It took firefighters more than four hours to douse the fire that broke out on Monday at the plant in the Wenfeng district of Anyang city in Henan province, according to the city's publicity department.
Firefighters put out the fire at around 11 pm on Monday, it said.
Thirty-eight people were killed two injured persons were hospitalised, state-run CGTN reported on Tuesday.
Local fire teams sent 63 vehicles and 240 firefighters for the rescue. China's Ministry of Emergency Management has also dispatched a team to the scene, the report said.
The local police have started an investigation into the incident. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
Police have detained some suspects for investigation.
In August 2015, over 170 people were killed and 700 injured when blasts ripped through a warehouse in Tianjin Port, where large amounts of toxic chemicals were stored, including around 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide.
China suffers frequent deadly fires and industrial accidents often blamed on negligence.
A total of 36 people died, two were injured and two are missing after a plant in #Anyang, central China's #Henan Province, caught fire on Monday afternoon, a reporter from China Media Group said on Tuesday.
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The fire occurred at 4:22 p.m. and was brought under control at 8 p.m. pic.twitter.com/L3QbbCtsfI
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High Court in Nepal acquits Lamichhane of rape charges, available for T20 WC selection
Kathmandu, May 15: Sandeep Lamichhane, the globally recognised cricketer from Nepal, has been acquitted of rape charges by Patan High Court in Nepal and is now available to play all forms of domestic and international matches, country's cricket board said in a press release on Wednesday. The 23-year-old faced eight years of imprisonment and half a million rupee fine handed over by a district court after being found guilty of rape in 2022.
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) president Chatur Bahadur Chand said in a press release that "Honourable High Court of Patan has found Lamichhane innocent and his suspension from domestic and international cricket is lifted."
Leg-spinner Lamichhane has so far played 51 ODIs and 52 T20Is for Nepal with 112 and 98 wickets to his credit.
He has also played in IPL for Delhi Capitals, in Big Bash League for Hobart Hurricanes and for Surrey Jaguars in 'The Hundred'. He last played for Nepal in November in a T20I match against Oman at Kirtipur.
Lamichhane's acquittal means that he will be available to play for Nepal in the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Americas.
