Five injured in plant explosion

Garbage incinerators cause too many risks, protestors maintain

GUANGZHOU: Five people were seriously injured when a water-cooling pipeline cracked at the city's major garbage treatment plant yesterday, local authorities said.

Those who have been protesting the building of more garbage incinerator plants said the accident gives them even stronger convictions that the facilities are not safe. Meanwhile, plant officials still maintain the incinerators are safe and eco-friendly.