Five people are missing and 15 others were injured following an
explosion in a fireworks factory on Thursday evening in Jiangchuan
County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, local government sources
confirmed Friday.
At around 18:20 on Thursday, a storehouse exploded at
Xiaotuanshan Fireworks Factory in Jiangchuan County, where 202
people were working. 15 people have been injured and five others
are missing.
Local government sources said two seriously injured people have
been sent to a hospital in neighbouring Yuxi City, and another
person who is in a critical condition has been hospitalized in the
provincial capital of Kunming.
Rescuers are searching for the missing people and the cause of
the accident is being investigated.
(Xinhua News Agency November 3, 2006)