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Factory blast blamed on lightning kills four
( 2003-07-31 15:01) (Agencies)

A lightning struck a factory in eastern China, setting off an explosion that killed four employees and seriously injured four others, Xinhua News Agency reports Thursday.

The explosion ripped through the second floor of the factory in the city of Wuxi that makes machinery for textile manufacturing, Xinhua said.

Four workers were cleaning machine bearings on the second floor of the factory at the time of the blast, the report said.

It said meteorologists blamed the blast on a lightning strike.

 
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