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China plant explosion kills seven



BEIJING: A plant explosion in China’s Jiangsu province killed seven people, state media reported. Five other have been injured.

Today’s incident took place 10 days after a blast at a pesticide plant killed 78 people in the province.

The blast involved a container of scrap metal that caught fire in a metal-molding plant in Kunshan city, news agencies said.

The cause of the blast was under investigation. (Agencies)

Publish Date : 31 March 2019 16:38 PM

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