Death toll in China factory blast jumps to 64
The chemical plant explosion in the eastern city of Yancheng on Thursday injured hundreds of people. – AFP pic, March 23, 2019.
THE death toll in a chemical plant explosion in China rose to 64 today but rescuers found a survivor among more than two dozen still missing in the debris of one of the country’s worst industrial accidents in recent years. Thursday’s explosion in the eastern city of Yancheng injured hundreds and flattened an industrial park.
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