BEIJING —

The death toll from an explosion Tuesday at a chemical factory in southern China rose to 18 Wednesday with another two people listed as missing, state-run media reported.

Some 60 people were injured in the incident in Yizhou, a city in the Guangxi autonomous region, including villagers and motorcyclists who were riding past the factory at the time of the blast, according to a report from the official Xinhua News Agency.

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  rajakumar at 02:09 AM JST - 29th August

  Not good news for china industrial safety.

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  Bilderberg666 at 02:11 AM JST - 29th August

  Damn!! Those poor innocents. Why can`t China bring in some proper sfety standards.

  You don`t hear about deaths in US businesses. Maybe this is the price for cheap products, so sad.

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