In a tragic incident on May 27, 2025, a powerful explosion rocked the Shandong Youdao Chemical Co. factory in Gaomi, located within Weifang city in eastern China’s Shandong province. The blast claimed at least five lives, injured 19 people, and left six individuals missing as emergency teams rushed to the scene YouTube+12WAPT+12Facebook+12. The impact was so intense it shattered windows in a storage warehouse more than two miles away, and nearby homes reported feeling tremors from the shockwave WAPT.
The manufacturing facility, part of the Himile Group, produces pesticides and chemicals used in medical applications. Spread across a roughly 700-acre site, the plant employs several hundred staff, making the incident deeply felt throughout the local industrial park Arab News+1WAPT+1. Following the explosion, over 230 fire and rescue personnel were deployed to conduct search, rescue, and care operations fox43.com+11WAPT+11wcnc.com+11.
As the situation remains under investigation, officials have yet to release conclusive information about the root cause of the blast. Meanwhile, local residents remain anxious, and authorities are likely reviewing safety protocols at chemical production sites across the region.
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