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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
CHANGSHA, June 16 (Xinhua) — One person was killed, six were missing and nine were injured as of 5 p.m. Monday in an explosion at a fireworks factory in central China’s Hunan Province on the same day.
The blast occurred at Shanzhou Fireworks Co., Ltd. in Linli County, Changde City, at around 8:23 a.m., the county party committee said. All the victims have been given medical treatment and their condition is not life-threatening, it said.
The explosion occurred in a one-story reinforced concrete building. The company, founded in July 2017, employs more than 150 people, most of whom were outside the blast zone at the time of the accident.
Emergency rescue teams of various levels arrived at the scene immediately after the accident. The rescuers’ efforts are focused on searching for missing persons, providing assistance to victims, evacuating nearby residents and investigating the causes of the accident. -0-