Factory horror in China: Death toll rises in chemical plant blast
(WorldNews Asia)

An explosion at a chemical plant that killed at least 62 people and injured hundreds of others is one of China`s worst industrial accidents in recent years BEIJING: A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations has killed at least 64 people and injured hundreds of others, 90 of them seriously. The death toll appeared likely to rise still further, with another 28 people still listed as missing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday. Just 26 of those confirmed dead in Thursday`s explosion have been identified so far, it said. The blast in an industrial park in the city of Yancheng, north of Shanghai, was one of China`s worst...