Six people died in an explosion at a thermal power plant in
Dingyuan county, Anhui province, on Wednesday morning, according to
local emergency management authorities.
The six people, workers at a Shanghai-based environmental protection
company, were welding a leaking tank when the blast occurred at about 10
am, according to the Anhui provincial emergency management bureau.
The workers fell to the ground from the top of the tank, which was
about 5 meters high. One of them died at the scene, while the other five
died later at the hospital, the bureau said.
Provincial authorities have arrived at the site to deal with the incident.
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