China’s president Xi Jinping has demanded an investigation into a factory explosion that killed at least 69 people and injured up to 187 in the country’s worst industrial accident in more than a year.
The blast ripped through a car parts factory in eastern China on Saturday, apparently when a flame was lit in a dust filled room in the plant, located in an industrial zone in the city of Kunshan, about 1,000km south of Beijing.
The factory is operated by the Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Products Company, which electroplates aluminium alloy wheel hubs for auto companies, including carmaker General Motors.
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