Blast in factory kills 5 in China
Five workers were killed and three injured in a factory explosion caused by a gas leak in eastern China, local authorities said yesterday.
The blast happened Friday night at a perlite workshop in Shandong province, city officials said in a statement.
All five victims were night shift workers inside the Qingzhou city factory during the explosion. Three others outside the workshop suffered mild injuries and are still in hospital under observation.
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