A HUGE EXPLOSION at a chemical facility has reportedly occurred in the Chinese province of Shandong.

The People’s Daily newspaper said the explosion occurred in an industrial zone in Lijin, Dongying City.

Breaking: A blast seen and heard in a chemical industry zone in Lijin, Dongying City of Shandong around 23:25 Mon. pic.twitter.com/Yi29nJXEuX
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) August 31, 2015

People's Daily,China / Twitter

RT said the blast could be seen and heard from a great distance.

The explosion happened at around 11.25pm local time (3.25pm GMT).

It is not yet known if there are any injuries or fatalities.

Earlier this month, a series of chemical explosions in Tianjin, (about 300km away) killed at least 145 people.

Correction: An earlier version of this article included a video reportedly from today’s blast that was from the explosion earlier this month. We apologise for the error.

Read: China blast: Terrifying footage of explosion emerges, but what do we know so far?

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