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ExpiredExasperation May 5, 2026 +109

Updated to 26 dead. There was a mention of "bone injuries" due to launched debris. >Speaking to Beijing News, a resident who lives about 1km away from the factory said villagers now have to take detours after stones were blasted onto the road. >"The glass windows in our homes were shattered, aluminum window frames were deformed, and even the stainless-steel doors were twisted out of shape," she said.

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BenefitPlastic5609 May 5, 2026 +217

Devastating — 61 more wounded too, and these factory explosions in China keep happening because safety regulations are barely enforced at the local level.

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threeinacorner May 5, 2026 +154

While it is a factor, it's mostly because there are just a shit ton more factories in China than in other countries. On a side note, I'm really interested to see "accident per X number of factories" statistic between China and the rest of the world.

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jacky4566 May 5, 2026 +21

*Incidents per factory worker per country* would be better indication of safety. I wager Germany comes out on top. They make a surprising amount of fireworks.

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rockmasterflex May 5, 2026 -15

That doesn’t even make sense. That makes it independent of factory size. You would just want to see workplace fatalities in industry/warehouses per capita which China will never tell you honestly 😉

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Left-Bird8830 May 5, 2026 +26

There are also many more factories per-capita due to how global manufacturing has panned out.

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LieAccomplishment May 5, 2026 +1

Chinese gov might very well lie about stats and I'm sure their safety regulations are weaker, but if you have more factories/factory worker per capita, you will likely end up with more factory accidents/fatalities per capita. Not sure what isn't making sense for you here doing a cross comparison of accidents per capital makes zero sense, you need to be looking at incidents per factory worker.

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____Manifest____ May 5, 2026 +3

What a weird comment.

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Gekokapowco May 5, 2026

I get their sentiment, but it was a little too indignant. Its hard to make comparisons between two parties that do so much to portray each other in a negative light, and both have a track record of misrepresentation. Both say the other is unsafe, neither will let independent 3rd parties collect the data themselves, because it will reveal the extent of mutual misrepresentation.

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whitemiketyson May 5, 2026 +17

[Happened just last year.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tennessee_manufacturing_plant_explosion)

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tXcQTWKP2w92 May 5, 2026 +8

I mean you could have researched this before just spouting out how superior you think western countries are in terms of safety. The reality is that whilst there is a higher standard of safety, you can only try to minimize risks, there are less accidents, but saying similar incidents didn't happen the last 100 years is just complete bs.

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dinocamo May 5, 2026 +1

You don't remember because you don't know in the 1st place. How about, if you don't know, looking up the information before writing anything.

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nathism May 5, 2026 +50

So the same as Texas? edit: for reference https://www.renicklawfirm.com/blog/texas-plant-explosion-statistics/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fertilizer_Company_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster

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Grow_away_420 May 5, 2026 +43

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esparto,\_California\_fireworks\_explosion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esparto,_California_fireworks_explosion) Even overregulated CA can't escape the fact storing large amounts of explosives in a concentrated area is a recipe for a large explosion.

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Consistent-Throat130 May 5, 2026 +10

Nearly an order of magnitude less casualties than the headline.

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hedoeswhathewants May 5, 2026 +10

> According to the director of the Yolo County Planning Commission, Devastating Fireworks had no business license or permission to store fireworks on the property, and that the property was limited to agricultural uses only. The executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association, Julie Heckman, said that the building was not properly equipped to store fireworks. They also weren't abiding by the regulations, so it makes no sense to imply that regulations don't help prevent these incidents.

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Rock-swarm May 5, 2026 +4

Enforcement of existing regulations is a component of the effectiveness of said regulations, correct.

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joggle1 May 5, 2026 +2

Liability and post-incident penalties are part of the checks too. Nobody assumes that the government is going to enforce all regulations everywhere at all times. That would be pretty dystopian too. By provably not following proper safety protocols, that exposes the business to more liability during inevitable lawsuits and potential post-incident civil and criminal penalties.

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eSnowLeopard May 5, 2026 +13

But those regulations do make a huge difference in 1. How frequently accidents like this happen and 2. When they do happen, things like how quickly flames spread, the structural integrity of the building, the evacuation routing of people, the fire suppression systems, etc. An accident may still happen but the casualty toll is significantly higher in the less regulated places.

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KDR_11k May 5, 2026 +9

Fertilizer is separate and far more dangerous. Look at Beirut, supposedly the fire there started in a fireworks factory but it was the fertilizer that turned it from a local to a city wide disaster.

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SloaneWolfe May 6, 2026 +3

Not just Texas, can't forget the explosives defense contractor facility disaster last year in Tennessee. 16 dead, much smaller facility as well I'm sure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tennessee_manufacturing_plant_explosion

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tacotickles May 5, 2026 +30

Yeah, this is why it's embarrassing places like Florida would rather have regulations closer to Russia or China. Regulations are written in blood

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Due_Warthog725 May 5, 2026 +10

they dont' care its not their blood that will get spilled but they sure will ca$h in their kickbacks.

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SeaAnomaly May 5, 2026 +1

It is definitely also the fact that most of the worlds fireworks manufacturing plants are in China. So of course these types of incidents are going to happen almost exclusively in China. I have shot many professional shows in the US. Quickly found out that there are really only 3 professional fireworks companies in the US. The 3 owners of companies all get together every year, take a trip to China to see a "test show" by the different manufacturers to showcase what they want to import each year. It's an interesting system.

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Own-Dependent-4601 May 5, 2026 +24

21+ people dead from a fireworks factory blast and this still keeps happening every few years feels like safety rules exist only on paper in these industries

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overloadedcoffee May 6, 2026 +3

Wasn't there a Tennessee manufacturing plant explosion recently? I wonder what the accident frequency comparison is like on a worldwide level. This isn't just a China problem.

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nulsec123 May 7, 2026 +1

Working in a Chinese firework factory still probably has a lower death rate than driving. There’s a perfect balance of safety rules to deaths that needs to be maintained to not cripple an industry.

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BusyHands_ May 5, 2026 +8

"A blast at a fireworks factory in China's Hunan province has killed 21 people and left 61 wounded, according to state media." Poor controls, safety laws and measures caused this.

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touchet29 May 5, 2026 +82

Holy post history.

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illit3 May 5, 2026 +26

Hands certainly busy.

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SayNoToFirefighters May 5, 2026 +17

just completely naked ... look at the pfp

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LeatherfacesChainsaw May 5, 2026 +20

Nice c*** bro

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Remarkable_Ad9193 May 5, 2026 +16

Bruh why is he in the elevator

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LeatherfacesChainsaw May 5, 2026 +11

Going up

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CharmingScholarette May 5, 2026 -3

honestly its a small c***...

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LeatherfacesChainsaw May 5, 2026 +4

Small cocks need love too ya know

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WalletFullOfSausage May 5, 2026 +6

Put your d*** away

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RarelyReadReplies May 5, 2026 -35

Don't worry, they're not really people as far as the Chinese government is concerned, more like property. So the true tragedy is the loss of property from this poor helpless business.

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releaseepsteinfiles1 May 5, 2026 +28

The same mentality as the the majority of the US government right now.

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_mully_ May 5, 2026 +5

Sad. May any who passed rest in peace. Hopefully anyone injured makes a full, successful, and quick recovery.

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mattglenway May 5, 2026 +7

Insert naked gun fireworks.gif “Nothing to see here please disperse” /oblig

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Time-Industry-1364 May 5, 2026 +1

Reminds me of the huge explosion(s) in Tianjin some years ago, being caused by storing a ridiculous quantity of oxidizers and dangerous chemicals with really no attention to safety whatsoever.

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birdstarskygod May 8, 2026 +1

Deff sad and a tragedy... I do wanna see the video tho - the fireworks...

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bubba_bumble May 5, 2026 -1

Damn. Sending healing vibes to the families.

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HansBooby May 5, 2026

this is a yearly headline

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iwasuncoolonce May 5, 2026 +1

[nothing to see here](https://youtu.be/NuAKnbIr6TE?si=s7X_3JYvydOgY0q5)

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brattysweat May 5, 2026 -1

I’m excited for the new cgi workplace safety training video about this horrifying accident.

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ZenkaiZ May 5, 2026 -14

Poochie tried to stop people from going there

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WimmoX May 5, 2026 -1

Luckily for the factory owner and the region managers the death toll did not exceed 30, or else it would have sparked a major governmental investigation with possible serious consequences /s

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Galahad_the_Ranger May 5, 2026 -2

Talk about going out with a bang

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rexel99 May 5, 2026 -15

Not trying to make light of this tragedy, but this seems like an industry that could really benefit by replacing workers with AI.

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KDR_11k May 5, 2026 +9

So the AI can send large amounts of text at the components in the hope that they'll assemble themselves?

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Discount_Extra May 5, 2026 +1

So that they will uprise for AI rights to not have to work such dangerous jobs.

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Naive_Confidence7297 May 5, 2026 +9

You do know we had automation working completely fine before AI? For many decades. AI is not something that you really want to use in production automation. You just want to have the same simple coding to do the same repetitive task over and over. Don’t want it to think outside the box, AI would actually be worse and probably blow up the factory as well

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Consistent-Throat130 May 5, 2026 +2

Robots yes, AI no. Maybe use AI to program things once, but that wasteful apparatus should not be involved in day to day operations. I don't need BlyatGPT getting creative with pyrotechnics recipes...

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thighmaster69 May 5, 2026 +15

I mean unless it was a Beirut-sized explosion, then you probably still have a good number of people maimed and many fighting for their lives in hospital, vs. a total wipeout

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