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Death toll from Chinese chemical plant explosion reaches 64



BEIJING: The death toll from an explosion in a pesticide plant in eastern China’s Jiangsu province has climbed to 64, media reports said on Saturday.

The incident has been dubbed as of the worst industrial accidents in China. The explosion knocked down buildings, tossed children into air and caused a tremor equivalent to a magnitude-3.0 earthquake, officials said Saturday.

The officials said that 24 others were missing.

 

Publish Date : 23 March 2019 14:29 PM

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