Six killed in China gluten workshop accident

ZHENGZHOU -- Six workers were killed in a gluten workshop accident in central China's Henan Province, local government sources said Sunday.

The six workers fell into a 2.8-meter-high material tank with a diameter of 2.8 meters in the gluten workshop in Zhangcaiyuan Village, Wuzhi County on Saturday afternoon, the county government said.

They were sent to a hospital after firefighters took them out of the tank. Two died later on Saturday and four died Sunday despite doctors' efforts.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.