Eight workers have been killed in an explosion at a fertilizer
plant in east China's Shandong Province, sources with local
government said Thursday.
The explosion happened around 11:50 PM Wednesday at the Shandong
De Qilong Chemical Group Co. Ltd., in Pingyuan County of Dezhou
City, when ten workers were adjusting a newly-installed
compressor.
Eight died at the scene, and the two injured workers have been
sent to the county hospital. Local sources said the cause of the
explosion was yet to be investigated.
The Shandong De Qilong company is located 90 km northeast of the
provincial capital Jinan. The company website shows its total
assets as 3.5 billion yuan (US$460 million) and it employs about
3,000 people. Its major products include carbamides and liquefied
ammonia.
(Xinhua News Agency July 12, 2007)