Explosion kills 10 at Chinese petrochemical plant

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Nine others injured when gas tanker exploded in loading area

Ten people have been killed and a further nine injured in an explosion at a Chinese petrochemical plant. At 1am local time on 5 June, a liquefied gas tanker exploded in the loading area of a plant owned by Linyi Jinyu Petrochemical in Shandong province, according to the state news agency Xinhua.