Damaged vehicles are piled up at the accident site where a leaky pipeline caught fire and exploded in Huangdao District, Qingdao, east Chinas Shandong
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Damaged vehicles are piled up at the accident site where a leaky pipeline caught fire and exploded in Huangdao District, Qingdao, east Chinas Shandong province, 24 November 2013. Investigators have blamed human error for the oil pipeline explosion that killed at least 55 people in Qingdao. About 136 people were injured in the explosion in the residential area of the city. Nine are still missing. Yang Dongliang, director of the State Administration of Work Safety, said poor planning and maintenance of the pipeline, plus negligence after it was found to be leaking oil, led to the blast on Friday (22 November 2013) in the eastern port city. The serious damage in this incident has highlighted major problems, including the location of the pipelines and the sewerage grid and the negligent maintenance of the oil pipeline that caused the oil leak, Yang said. There was an inadequate response after the leak was found. They did not seal off the area and evacuate people. This is a serious lapse of responsibility, Yang told a meeting after a preliminary investigation by the state council in Qingdao. Yang ordered safety checks on oil and gas pipelines across the nation. The Qingdao provincial government has posted a report from state television on its official microblog saying investigators were aware of the delay of several hours in evacuating residents from the area after oil was found to be leaking from the pipeline and their findings will be announced later.