A firefighter was killed in the major fire at a warehouse storing chemicals and fuel which was doused after overnight work by more than 1,000 firefighters in China's eastern Jiangsu province.
The fire, which began around 9:40 AM yesterday at a facility owned by Jiangsu Deqiao Storage Co. In Jingjiang, was put out at 1:50 AM today.
Firefighter Zhu Junjun, 26, was killed when he was caught in the flames after delaying evacuation to continue spraying water on the blaze and to cover other firefighters, according to the department.
More than 1,000 firefighters worked overnight to douse off the blaze.
With chemical storage tanks destroyed and their contents spreading over a wide area, firefighters had difficulty approaching for a while. They curbed the blaze after the valve of an oil pipeline was shut off, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Two fire engines were destroyed in the fire, the department said. The fire department had said that the fire started from pipeline and then triggered at the breather valve of gasoline tank.
