Toll in China Chemical Blast Rises to 16 – AP

From AP, via The Washington Post:

The death toll in a chemical plant explosion in eastern China has risen to 16, with 24 workers hospitalized with injuries, a state-run newspaper said Monday.

The explosion on Friday razed the two-story chemical explosives factory owned by the Dun’an Chemical Group Co., Ltd. in Anhui province, the third major industrial disaster to strike in a week. [Full Text]

See also Chemical plant blast kills 16 in Anhui by Guo Nei, Anhui village official held in fireworks blast by Xinhua, and Anhui checks on fireworks mills by Xinhua

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