According to the Beijing News, fishermen were damaged by a yellowish-brown oil spill in Quangang District, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, in the early morning of November 4. Quangang District Environmental Protection Bureau reported that at about 1:00 a.m. that day, Fujian Quangang District, Fujian Donggang Petrochemical Company during loading and unloading operations, due to aging and damage of hose gaskets, resulting in 6.97 tons of carbon 9 leakage, has dispatched staff to clean up.

On November 5, Xiaocuo village fisherman Mr. Xiao told the Beijing News that his father was 65 years old and had been raising fish in fishing steaks for 23 years. All day on the 4th day, I cleaned up the oil spill on the fishing raft. When the spill happened, I didnt notice what was leaking. People didnt know how to protect themselves, so they used their hands to catch the oil spill directly.

Mr. Xiao said that his father was not alone. The older generation of Xiaocuo village almost all threw themselves on the Fishing Raft on the 4th day to save the fishing raft. They did not take any protective measures and had direct contact with C9. At that night, his father began to suffer chest tightness, dizziness, itchy throat, vomiting and convulsions, and then sent him to Quangang. District Hospital.

When I go to the hospital, I have contact with the leak, and the doctor arranges the infusion. Mr. Xiao said that in recent days, his father has been in hospital infusion, vomiting symptoms have been alleviated, and occasionally convulsions. On the fourth floor of the hospital, he met 78 villagers who came to see a doctor in a similar situation. Respiratory tract infections are more common.

Liu Yu, a villager in Xiaocuo village who was hospitalized in the same hospital, told the Beijing News that three of her family had been admitted to hospital for treatment. She said that she and her aunt had gone to the fishing raft to fish for leaks, and then suffered from nausea, chest tightness and other symptoms. My mother-in-law didnt go to the fishing raft, she just slept in the middle of the night without closing the window, and had sore throat the next day. Dizzy, insisted on last night can not help, just came to the hospital.

Mr Shaw said that until today (6), there is still a strong pungent smell over the fishing row. Today (6) around 12:00 pm, a reporter from the Beijing News called the Quangang District Environmental Protection Bureau. A staff member said that at present, the staff is still collecting leaks. Some of the residues have not been collected yet.

At about 13 oclock, a staff member of the Quangang District Government Emergency Response Office told the Beijing News that no report of fishermens discomfort due to the leak had been received. The situation reflected by the call from the Beijing News reporter was the first case, and someone had been sent to the hospital to verify the investigation.

A staff member of the Propaganda Department of the Quangang District Committee said that the situation of villagers who were not hospitalized due to the leak was still under verification.

Fujian Quangang chemical raw materials leakage continued: fishermen lost millions of aquatic products stopped selling

4 early morning, Fujian Donggang Petrochemical Company 6.97 tons of carbon nine leakage. Fishermen from the village of Xiao CuO village, Nanpu Town, Quangang District, Quanzhou, said that the foam of the fishing row was spoiled by leaks, and the cultured fish ran a lot and were afraid to sell after being contaminated.