At around 10:30 am on July 1st, the silicone fluid caught fire at Jiangxi QianTai New Materials Co., Ltd. Dark smoke rose from the accident site, triggering an explosion of raw material barrels and impacting on the chemical plants nearby. As a response to the fire call, the fire-persons from Fire Rescue Brigade and those from Emergency Treatment Dept. of Guixi City were immediately delivered to the spot, who managed to put out the open fire at about 03:00 pm. Fortunately, the fire being on then, the staff in QianTai and those in the surrounding factories were all evacuated with no casualties suffered.