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14 jailed for pipeline blast

Fourteen people were sentenced to three to five years in prison on Monday over an oil pipeline blast that claimed 63 lives in Qingdao in 2013. The blast injured another 156 people and caused losses of 752 million yuan ($118 million), according to the Huangdao District People's Court in Qingdao. The court sentenced eight people from the oil companies to three to five years in prison for breaking work safety rules. Another six people from the local government were sentenced to three to three and a half years for dereliction of duty. Four people were given a two-year reprieve.