YANCHENG, China—An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China has killed 62 people, state media said late on March 22, with 34 people critically injured and 28 missing, the latest casualties in a series of industrial accidents that has angered the public.
The blast occurred on Thursday at the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in the city of Yancheng, in Jiangsu Province, and the fire was finally brought under control at 3 a.m. local time on Friday, state television said.
