4 killed after steam pipe burst in E China

Four people died Saturday when a steam pipe blew out in the boiler room at Fushin Thermal Power Plant in Xinfeng county, Nanhu district of Jiaxing city, East China’s Zhejiang province.

Nine staff members were injured after the explosion and immediately sent to the hospital for medical treatment.

As of 7 pm, four of the wounded were dead despite rescue efforts.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.