Seven injured in fireworks container blast in S. China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-17 23:15 Seven people were slightly
injured as several shipping containers full of fireworks exploded on Wednesday
at a port in central-south China's Hunan Province.
A number of containers went off at 1:45 p.m. at the Xia'ninggang harbor in
the northern part of Changsha, capital of Hunan.
The explosion injured seven people and rattled windows hundreds of meters
away.
The port, known as a river transportation hub in the province, is building up
its modern logistic service capacity in addition to the navigation and shipping
container businesses.
An investigation into the cause of the blast is underway.
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