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An explosion at a plant on Friday evening in an industrial park of Yongcheng City in central China's Henan Province, resulted in five deaths and 14 minor injuries, according to local authorities.
Xinhua News Agency quoted the city's emergency management department as saying the machine explosion occurred at 18:32 (Beijing Time) on Friday in Gaozhuang industrial park.
It said that the people in charge of the company have been detained and an investigation into the cause of the incident is underway.
WAM