45 KILLED, 185 HURT IN CHINESE FACTORY BLAST
A huge explosion in a flax factory in
the northeast China city of Harbin killed 45 workers and
injured 185, the official China Legal News reported.
    The newspaper said the explosion in the early hours of
yesterday destroyed four buildings at the plant.
    More than 470 workers were in the factory at the time of
the explosion. Doctors specializing in burns were rushed to
Harbin to help treat the injured.
    The paper said the cause of the blast was still being
investigated.
    It gave no further details.
 Reuter
