Blast shatters homes, lives


In the aftermath: People near the site of the chemical plant explosion in Gaomi, Shandong. — Reuters

Residents near a chemical plant in eastern China were taking stock of the damage to their homes after a huge and still unexplained blast killed at least five, spewed out chemicals and shattered ­windows as far as a kilometre away.

Plumes of black and grey smoke lingered yesterday over the plant at Gaomi, a city in the eastern province of Shandong, a day after the explosion, which the Xinhua news agency said had injured 19, with six more missing.

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