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Death toll of factory blast in E China rises to 75

(xinhua) Updated: 2014-08-04 10:52

BEIJING -- The death toll from a factory blast in east China's Jiangsu Province rose to 75 on Monday as a senior official in charge of the country's work safety said "very serious dereliction of duty" was behind the accident.

A total of 185 others were injured in the blast which ripped through a factory in Kunshan City in Jiangsu on Saturday morning.

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