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Death toll up to 13 in N China factory blast
By Qi Xiao (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-25 10:43
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SHIJIAZHUANG: The death toll of an explosion at a starch factory in north China's Hebei province has risen to 13 while five others are still missing, the xinhuanet.com reported today.
50 people were injured after an explosion ripped through a workshop of the Qinhuangdao Lihua Starch Co Ltd in Funing county, in Qinhuangdao city, at about 4 pm yesterday, a city government spokesman said.
All of the injured are being treated at a local hospital and nine of them are in critical conditions, the report said.
Initial investigations indicated that the accident was caused by a dust explosion, the spokesman said.
