Fireworks explosion kills 8 in SW China
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A blast at a fireworks plant in southwest China's Guizhou has left 8 people dead and 9 others injured.
![A blast at a fireworks plant kills 8 people and injures 9 in southwest China’s Guizhou province, on Feb. 5, 2016. [Photo: news.163.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20160206/7427ea210acc181f898c03.jpg "A blast at a fireworks plant kills 8 people and injures 9 in southwest China’s Guizhou province, on Feb. 5, 2016. [Photo: news.163.com]") |
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A blast at a fireworks plant kills 8 people and injures 9 in southwest China’s Guizhou province, on Feb. 5, 2016. [Photo: news.163.com] |
The explosion happened Friday afternoon in Machang Township near the provincial capital Guiyang.
Workers from local work safety authorities were demolishing the leftover raw material at the plant when the blast occurred.
The injured workers are being treated at a local hospital and an investigation has been launched.
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