Fireworks blast kills 4 in eastern China
11:08, 11 January 2010
BEIJING. January 11. KAZINFORM. Four people, including an infant, were killed and two others injured in an explosion at an illegal fireworks shop in eastern China, the Xinhua news agency reported on Monday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
The blast occurred on Sunday afternoon in a farmer's house in the Anhui Province, destroying six rooms which stored materials for making petards and firecrackers.
The owner of the house, who was killed in the explosion, had transported fireworks materials from another illegal workshop in a neighboring town, Xinhua cited a spokesman for the Yuexi county government.
The causes of the accident are being investigated, Xinhua said; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.