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Twenty feared killed by molten metal in China
18 Apr 2007 03:24:57 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, April 18 (Reuters) - A ladle of molten metal spilt its load at a Chinese steelworks on Wednesday and may have killed 20 people, Xinhua news agency said.

The accident happened a plant of the Qinghe Special Steel Co. Ltd. in Tieling, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, Xinhua said in a brief report.

"Two bodies have been found so far and the other workers are unlikely to have survived," Xinhua said, quoting local work safety authorities.


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