A furnace explosion at an east China iron and steel factory killed four people and injured another 32 on Monday, local government officials confirmed.
A furnace exploded at 11:22 a.m. at the Xinyu Iron and Steel Group Company in the city of Xinyu in Jiangxi Province, municipal government officials said.
The injured have been hospitalized.
The cause of the blast is not yet known.
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