47 dead in China chemicals plant explosion
Enormous blast at China chemicals producer flattens large parts of industrial park and injures more than 600 people
An enormous explosion at an east China chemical plant has killed 47 people, seriously injured 90 and put another 640 in the hospital. The blast flattened the plant and 16 neighbouring factories, leaving an enormous crater. It set off a tremor equivalent to a 2.2 magnitude earthquake, smashing windows and collapsing roofs up to 3km away.