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Blast kills 1, injures 16 at construction site
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-07 16:59 SHANGHAI -- At least one worker was killed and 16 others injured, two seriously, in an explosion Friday afternoon at a construction site in Shanghai. The accident happened at about noon at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project site at the Yangshan Deep-water Port, an international shipping center about 45 km from the Pudong International Airport, according to a spokesman for the municipal work safety authority. The explosion occurred when workers were adjusting equipment. The LNG terminal, which is under construction, is expected to receive 3 million tonnes of LNG a year after the first phase becomes operational this year. |