Officials sacked for accidents

BEIJING - The general manager of the Dalian Petrochemical Company has lost his job over a fire that broke out at the company's plant on Monday.

That's what the China National Petroleum Corporation, the parent company of Dalian Petrochemical, said on Wednesday in a statement.

Jiang Fan, the former general manager of the petrochemical company, was replaced on Tuesday by Leng Shengjun, who was once the general manager of the Daqing Refinery Company, a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corp, according to the statement.