An accident occurred at a company in Ma’anshan, Anhui, during tank maintenance, leaving five people dead.
According to the Anhui Provincial Emergency Management Department’s website, at approximately 1:30 p.m. on March 10, while conducting tank‑inspection and maintenance work, Anhui Jinxing Titanium Dioxide Group Co., Ltd. in the Cihu High‑Tech Industrial Development Zone of Ma’anshan City inadvertently trapped six workers inside a tank due to improper rescue efforts. As of 6:00 p.m., all those trapped had been rescued; three were pronounced dead, two were unconscious and later died after being rushed to a hospital despite resuscitation efforts, and one was fully conscious.