A quarry in Ky Son exploded again, damaging a house and sending a 1-year-old girl to the hospital.

At about 11:00 a.m. on September 14, people in Kim Da village (Pha Danh commune, Ky Son district) were taking a lunch break when they heard a loud explosion from the quarry.Hong Truong Company Limitednext door. Immediately, stones flew down on the houses of people in Kim Da village.

Mr. Cut Van Thang - Head of Kim Da village said, through initial counting, at least 6 houses had their fibro and tile roofs punctured by rocks. "Fortunately, many households in the fields did not return home today. The number of damaged houses after counting may be higher," Mr. Thang said.

Roof of a house was punctured by rocks. Photo: TH

The rock fell to the floor and shattered after piercing through the roof tiles. Photo: TH

According to Mr. Thang, the blast that caused flying rocks at the Hong Truong quarry injured a little girl. The girl was just over 1 year old, the granddaughter of Mr. Cut Van Lan. "The little girl was sleeping alone on the bed under a blanket when rocks flew down to the house, breaking the roof tiles. Then these tiles fell and hit her. Luckily, she was covered with a blanket so it was less serious," Mr. Thang said.

According to the village chief, he and the police immediately arrived at the victim's house. "Here, we discovered two tiles had fallen on the child, causing two bruises on the chest and neck. Currently, the victim has been taken to the hospital in Muong Xen town for examination," said Mr. Thang.

Speaking to Nghe An Newspaper reporters, Pha Danh commune leaders said that after receiving the information, commune officials were present at Kim Da village to reassure people and count the damage.

Meanwhile, Mr. Le Hong Nhi - Director of Hong Truong Company Limited, said that this incident was due to a "technical error" and only "damaged 5 fibro pellets".

The quarry is only about 200m from the house. Photo: Tien Hung

According to the investigation of Nghe An Newspaper reporter,this is not the first timeThis quarry used explosives to damage houses and injure people. Most recently, on April 3, workers at this quarry used explosives to throw rocks hundreds of meters away, injuring two people and damaging 23 houses and many household items. The quarry then repaired the situation by purchasing fibro sheets to re-roof the houses. In addition, the quarry alsosupport each family with a chicken.

The People's Committee of Ky Son district then fined Hong Truong Company Limited VND85 million. The decision to impose the fine was based on a record prepared by the Interdisciplinary Inspection Team including the Department of Natural Resources and Environment; Department of Construction, Department of Industry and Trade and Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Hole caused by stone shot. Photo: TH

Accordingly, the inspection team determined that this quarry had three violations: using unsafe explosives; the mining plan was not in accordance with the approved design and there was no weighing station.