75 die in China factory explosion, state-run media says
"A factory explosion killed 75 people Saturday in China, according to state-run news agency Xinhua.
The blast occurred at 7:37 a.m. Saturday (7.37 p.m. Friday, Eastern time) in the city of Kunshan in the eastern province of Jiangsu. Along with the dead, the explosion also injured 180 people, Xinhua said, citing officials.
Officials have called the explosion a "work safety accident," the state media organization reported.
Those injured in the explosion were transferred to hospitals in the nearby cities of Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi and Nantong. Most of the victims were suffering from burns, Xinhua reported local health authorities as saying.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for "all-out efforts" to treat the survivors. Residents in the city of Nantong have been lining up to donate blood to aid the victims' recovery.
Flames may have ignited "metal dust" in the Kunshan Zhongrong Metal factory, a wheel-hub-polishing facility, according to initial investigations. "
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