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January 5, 2009, Monday
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FOURTEEN people were killed in two separate illegal fireworks factory explosions in China over the weekend.
One person died in an illegal factory about 11am in Guozhuang Town, Wuji County, yesterday in north China's Hebei Province.
The workshop used to produce "hell banknotes" which are burned to commemorate the dead. The owner illegally switched to making fireworks on Saturday evening, said Yan Junhong, a Guozhuang township official.
Another blast in east China's Shandong Province killed 13 people. This blast occurred about 4:30pm on Saturday in an abandoned kiln that was being used illegally to produce fireworks in Qianwang Village, Weifang City. The Spring Festival, or China's Lunar New Year, arrives on January 26. It is a peak time for Chinese people to set off the fireworks.
One person died in an illegal factory about 11am in Guozhuang Town, Wuji County, yesterday in north China's Hebei Province.
The workshop used to produce "hell banknotes" which are burned to commemorate the dead. The owner illegally switched to making fireworks on Saturday evening, said Yan Junhong, a Guozhuang township official.
Another blast in east China's Shandong Province killed 13 people. This blast occurred about 4:30pm on Saturday in an abandoned kiln that was being used illegally to produce fireworks in Qianwang Village, Weifang City. The Spring Festival, or China's Lunar New Year, arrives on January 26. It is a peak time for Chinese people to set off the fireworks.
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