18 killed in chemical plant blasts in China
August 27, 2008 The death toll from explosions that ripped through a chemical plant in southwest China rose to at least 18 Wednesday, a local official said. Twenty other people were still missing, a Ms. Huang from the propaganda department of the local Communist Party said. She would not give her first name as is common with officials in China. Another 60 people were injured, she said. The first explosion occurred at about 6 a.m. Tuesday in Yizhoucity in Guangxi province and the blasts continued until 1 p.m.
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