At least 65 killed and more than 100 injured in massive explosion at car parts factory in China
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Bodies piled onto the back of trucks after blast in Kunshan, Jiansu province
It is believed fine dust used to polish hubcaps caught alight in the air
200 workers were at site which supplies western car giant General Motors
By Associated Press and Dan Bloom
Published: 07:34 GMT, 2 August 2014 | Updated: 08:01 GMT, 2 August 2014
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At least 65 people have been killed in an explosion at a Chinese factory that supplies the western car giant General Motors.
The blast in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, left more than 120 people injured including several with severe burns, the state-owned Xinhua News Agency said.
Footage shot by residents showed huge plumes of thick, black smoke rising from the plant as the blackened and scorched bodies of victims were lifted onto the back of large trucks.
Many of the bodies were blackened by burns or a covering of soot.
Some survivors were seen sitting on wooden cargo platforms on the road outside the factory, their clothes apparently burned off and skin exposed, or being carried into ambulances.
The factory is operated by the Zhongrong Metal Products Company, a Taiwanese enterprise that according to its website was set up in 1998 and has a registered capital of £5.2million.
Its core business is coating and polishing aluminium alloy wheel hubs for General Motors and other firms.
There were more than 200 workers at the site when the blast occurred, the city's government told Xinhua.
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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
Bodies piled onto the back of trucks after blast in Kunshan, Jiansu province
It is believed fine dust used to polish hubcaps caught alight in the air
200 workers were at site which supplies western car giant General Motors
By Associated Press and Dan Bloom
Published: 07:34 GMT, 2 August 2014 | Updated: 08:01 GMT, 2 August 2014
View comments
At least 65 people have been killed in an explosion at a Chinese factory that supplies the western car giant General Motors.
The blast in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, left more than 120 people injured including several with severe burns, the state-owned Xinhua News Agency said.
Footage shot by residents showed huge plumes of thick, black smoke rising from the plant as the blackened and scorched bodies of victims were lifted onto the back of large trucks.
Many of the bodies were blackened by burns or a covering of soot.
Some survivors were seen sitting on wooden cargo platforms on the road outside the factory, their clothes apparently burned off and skin exposed, or being carried into ambulances.
The factory is operated by the Zhongrong Metal Products Company, a Taiwanese enterprise that according to its website was set up in 1998 and has a registered capital of £5.2million.
Its core business is coating and polishing aluminium alloy wheel hubs for General Motors and other firms.
There were more than 200 workers at the site when the blast occurred, the city's government told Xinhua.
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