5 punished over fireworks disaster
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August 19, 2010, Thursday
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THREE government officials and two executives have been sacked or detained over a fireworks factory explosion that left 20 people dead in northeast China, local authorities said yesterday.
Four people are still missing and 153 were injured after the explosion ripped through the fireworks factory in Wumahe District of Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, on Monday.
Zhao Weiqiang, deputy head of the Wumahe District, who is in charge of work safety, and Cheng Chuanxin, head of the Wumahe District Work Safety Bureau, were removed from their posts, according to a statement from the Yichun City Committee of the Communist Party of China yesterday.
Police detained Liu Chunya, a safety inspector at the bureau, for dereliction of duty, according to the statement.
Jin Chaoxiang, head of the fireworks factory, and Zhou Shiji, deputy head of the factory, were also detained.
The cause of the accident was still under investigation.
Four people are still missing and 153 were injured after the explosion ripped through the fireworks factory in Wumahe District of Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, on Monday.
Zhao Weiqiang, deputy head of the Wumahe District, who is in charge of work safety, and Cheng Chuanxin, head of the Wumahe District Work Safety Bureau, were removed from their posts, according to a statement from the Yichun City Committee of the Communist Party of China yesterday.
Police detained Liu Chunya, a safety inspector at the bureau, for dereliction of duty, according to the statement.
Jin Chaoxiang, head of the fireworks factory, and Zhou Shiji, deputy head of the factory, were also detained.
The cause of the accident was still under investigation.
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