Fang li and their daughter were out of town on the night of the explosion but Chen Qiang had remained behind. Glass from his window pierced his left eye when the first explosion happened. By the time his wife arrived at the hospital his eye had already been removed. 

事故当日，陈强的妻子方丽与女儿（窗台上站立者）在东北老家，刚好躲过一劫。待方丽回来，见到的是已经失去一只眼睛的陈强。方丽怀里抱着的幼童是小姨子的女儿，尚不足两岁，事故发生时她正住在陈家，亲历了爆炸，幸运的是她没有受伤。