Sewage plant pump explosion claims 4
By Cui Xiaohuo and Shi Jinfeng | China Daily | Updated: 2008-03-05 07:27
The explosion of a pump at a sewage plant in Gaobeidian in eastern Beijing on Monday killed four workers and left 10 hospitalized last night.
More than 20 on-site workers were poisoned when a toxic-gas leak ensued the explosion on Monday morning.
An underground pump connected to four sewage tanks was destroyed in the blast, according to the municipal work safety authority.
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