Blast at Chinese explosives plant kills 20 workers

BEIJING (Reuters) – A blast at an explosives factory in
China’s eastern Shangdong province killed at least 20 workers,
Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

Of the 11 others at the site in Zhaoyuan city when a
packing workshop blew up on Saturday, two were injured and the
remaining nine were missing, it said, citing a local government
official.

The cause of the explosion was under investigation.