Five dead, six missing after explosion at chemical plant in China

Beijing: Five people were killed and six others reported missing after an explosion rocked one of the largest chemical plants in China Tuesday, generating a huge fireball and sending plumes of smoke hundreds of feet into the air.

The explosion took place at the state-owned Shandong Youdao Chemical, the world’s largest producer of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, located in Shandong province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

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Five people were killed and six others were missing after the blast, it said.

The plant, established in 2019 in Gaomi city, produces around 11,000 tonnes of pesticide a year and has a workforce of over 300 people, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.

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