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Chemical plant blast kills 14 in Shandong

FOURTEEN workers were killed and five others injured yesterday in a chemical plant explosion in Shandong Province, local authorities said.

The explosion occurred at about 2pm at a melamine production facility of Shandong Liaherd Chemical Industry Co Ltd in Xintai City when workers were repairing a condenser, the Xintai city government said in a statement late yesterday.

Four workers were killed at the scene. Another 10 died later at a hospital after emergency medical treatment failed.

The remaining five injured were in a stable condition, according to the government statement.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.



 

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