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Death toll from China factory explosion rises to 71: Xinhua

Published 03/08/2014, 19:32
Death toll from China factory explosion rises to 71: Xinhua
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BEIJING (Reuters) - An explosion that ripped through a motor wheels factory in the eastern China province of Jiangsu killed 71 people and injured 186, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

Earlier it had said the blast, that occurred on Saturday, killed 69 and injured roughly 200.

The accident at the Zhongrong Metal Products Co Ltd plant, which makes aluminium wheels for automakers including General Motors Co

According to Zhongrong's website, the factory made wheels that are supplied to GM and many other carmakers.

© Reuters. Family members cry at a caring centre for relatives of victims of a factory explosion, in Kunshan

The blast at the Zhongrong workshop occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday in Kunshan city, about an hour's drive from Shanghai.

A preliminary investigation suggested the blast was triggered when a flame was lit in a dust-filled room, the local government said at a news conference on Saturday, describing the incident as a serious safety breach.

(Reporting By Norihiko Shirouzu and Ran Li in Beijing; Editing by Stephen Powell)

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