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JINAN, Nov. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- A firecracker factory in eastern Shandong
province blew off Monday afternoon, killing two and injuring three others, while
two suspects ran away from hospital, according to local police source on
Wednesday.
The police with Qingyun county in northe
rn Shandong where the accident
occurred said the blast at 1 p.m. Monday blew the whole factory off and hit
several farmhouses nearby. One was killed on the spot and another one died in
hospital after failing to respond to medical treatment.
Three injured farmers were hospitalized but two of them, business people
from northern city of Tianjin, ran away from the hospital, the police said,
adding that they were on the hunt for the runaways.
It was a serious accident due to the illegal firecracker-making, the police
concluded. Enditem
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