Across China: Heilongjiang

2 killed in factory

Two people were killed and one was injured when a bean curd factory boiler exploded yesterday in Heilongjiang province. The blast occurred at about 8 am at the plant in the Daowai district of Harbin, Xiao Weixing, a district safety official, said.

One of the dead was a 57-year-old worker in charge of the boiler, while the other was a middle-aged woman who is yet to be identified.