Five workers were killed and six others injured on Thursday in
an explosion at Shenghai Dockyard in the Panyu district of
Guangzhou City, capital of South China's Guangdong
Province.
The blast caused by an air jar explosion occurred at about 3:50
PM during construction work on a 4,250-ton capacity ship, according
to local Information Times newspaper.
Three workers who were painting the ship died on the spot and
two others passed away later in hospital.
The Guangzhou municipal work safety supervision bureau has
ordered a suspension of shipyard operations while investigations
are conducted, and has pledged to punish those responsible for the
incident.
The Information Times?also reported that
a collapsed wall had killed one and injured six in the same
shipyard on May 13.
(Xinhua News Agency May 27, 2005)