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2 dead, 7 trapped in China industrial park explosion

Xinhua,December 09, 2017 Adjust font size:

NANJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Two people died and seven remain trapped after an explosion rocked a plant at an industrial park in east China's Jiangsu Province early on Saturday.

The explosion occurred at around 2:20 a.m. at a workshop of a biotech company in the industrial park for chemical enterprises in Guannan County, according to the county's publicity office.

A fire caused by the blast has been extinguished. Rescue work is underway. Enditem