The Songhuajiang River is seen on January 19, 2007 in Jilin City of Jilin Province, China. The River was polluted after an explosion at a chemical plant November 13, 2005. China Photos/Getty Images
BEIJING—Two people were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion at a machinery plant in the northern Chinese province of Jilin, the local government said on Nov. 24.
At least 41 houses were damaged in the blast and a subsequent fire which began shortly before midnight on Nov. 23, it said.
