Tuesday, June 18, 2013   

13 killed in workshop explosion in China
(08-06 15:38)

At least thirteen people were killed and 14 others injured when an explosion rocked a family-owned workshop in eastern China.
The explosion took place in a village in Wenzhou city's Ouhai district in east China's Zhejiang province yesterday and fire raged in an area of 200 to 300 square metres after the explosion, rescuers said.
Fourteen persons were injured in the incident of which the condition of five was stated to be serious.
   
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