The cause of the explosion is still under investigation, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The incident came barely a week after one of China's worst industrial accidents in which 78 people were killed and over 600 others injured
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Beijing: Seven people were killed and five others injured in an explosion at a scrap metal moulding plant in eastern China on Sunday, officials said. The explosion took place in a yard outside the Kunshan Waffer Technology Corp. Ltd. in Kunshan Bonded Zone in Jiangsu Province, they said.
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The cause of the explosion is still under investigation, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The incident came barely a week after one of China's worst industrial accidents in which 78 people were killed and over 600 others injured.
5 die in perlite factory blast
On Friday, five people were killed in an explosion in a factory in Shandong Province. The explosion took place in a workshop of a perlite factory in the city of Qingzhou. The private factory owner was held by the local police. Initial investigation showed the accident was caused by a leak in a liquefied gas tank.
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