Equipment explodes at rubber plant in E China's Jiangsu

A rubber production plant in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, suffered a blast after its butylbenzene equipment exploded on Tuesday afternoon, according to Xinhua News Agency.

The incident happened at 5:06 pm at the Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Rubber Company, which is in the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park. The local fire station dispatched firefighters to the scene, it said.

No injuries had been reported as of 7:30 pm Tuesday.