Five die in China aluminium plant explosion
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Five people were killed by an explosion at an aluminium plant in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on Tuesday morning, state-run China News reported, citing local authorities.
The blast occurred at around 2 am (1800 GMT) in the city of Jiangyin, at a plant belonging to a company named as Yize Aluminium, according to the report.
Two people died at the scene and a further three in hospital, where one other victim is in a non-life-threatening condition, Reuters reported citing the state media.
The cause of the incident is still under investigation.