At least 12 people died and 11 were missing Monday after a blast destroyed an explosives workshop in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, state media said.
The explosion scattered rubble up to 200 metres away, killing at least a dozen people at the factory owned by the Poly Explosives (Jinan) Company in Shandong's Caofan township, the semi-official China News Service reported.
Thirty-four people were in the workshop and eight others were working nearby at the time of the explosion Monday morning, the agency quoted officials as saying.
By late afternoon, rescuers had recovered 12 bodies and sent 19 injured people to hospital, including two in serious condition, the agency said.
Firefighters were still searching for 11 missing people, it said.
State television showed footage of the rescuers using a crane to sift through the remains of the flattened concrete and brick building.
Poly Explosives specialises in explosives for civilian use. Its plant in Caofan covered an area of 66 hectares and produced more than 30,000 tons of explosives annually, reports said.
Monday 20 May 2013
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