Gas explosion at auto parts factory kills 17, injures 33 in southern China
Three of the injured were in critical condition, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
The Southern Metropolis Daily said witnesses heard three blasts at the Fuhua Engineering and Manufacturing Co. factory in Foshan city. The blasts destroyed the facility's walls and ceiling and also damaged a nearby glass factory and other plants.
Pictures on the newspaper's website showed panels blown off the building's structure and people lying injured on the ground. Xinhua said the factory was closed for cleaning at the time of the blast
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South China factory blast kills 17 and injures 20
A powerful blast in a factory in the southern Chinese city of Foshan has killed at least 17 people and injured 20 others.
The
explosion took place at about 09:40 am local time at the Fuhua
Machinery Plant. The injured have been taken to the First People's
Hospital in Shunde and some of them are said to be in critical
condition.
Thick smoke billows from the facility following the explosion as rescue measures were underway.
Other facilities in the same vicinity have also been damaged.
The
cause of the blast remains unknown, but locals say that the natural gas
pipeline could have exploded, resulting in the spread of fire.