Explosion in China port kills 2, injures 30
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An explosion in a port city south of Shanghai on Sunday killed two people and injured at least 30 others as it knocked down buildings and left streets littered with damaged cars and debris, the government and news reports said.
The early morning explosion struck a riverfront neighborhood in Ningbo, one of China's busiest ports, the official Xinhua News Agency and other outlets reported. Xinhua said it occurred at a factory but a police statement said the cause was under investigation. Two people were killed and two more seriously injured, the district office announced on its social media account. It gave no details of the deaths. At least 30 others were taken to hospitals, according to Huanqiu.com, a website operated by the newspaper Global Times. It gave no details of their injuries.
China suffers frequent deadly fires and industrial accidents, often blamed on negligence.
