By Xinhua
Zouping (China) : Nine people were killed and 64 injured following a deadly molten aluminium burst in an east China plant, company sources and the government said Monday.
Molten aluminium about 900 degrees Celsius spilt from its container at around 8.10 p.m. Sunday at a plant affiliated to the Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co Ltd in Zouping county of Shandong province.
The spill, while encountering the cooling water in the workshop, produced a strong airflow that threatened around 82 people in at least two adjacent workshops.
By 6.30 a.m. Monday, nine people had died and 64 injured workers had been hospitalised.
The roof of the ill-fated workshop was blown off, its windowpanes smashed and walls cracked.