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Explosion hits plastics factory in Nanjing, China

china factory explosion: A worker talks on a mobile phone as he stands near the site of an explosion
A man talks on a mobile phone at the site of the explosion Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
china factory explosion: A wounded man walks from the site of an
An injured man points to smoke rising from the factory Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
china factory explosion: Damaged houses are seen after the explosion
Smoke billows behind houses damaged in the explosion Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
china factory explosion: Fire burns at the explosion site at a plastics factory in Nanjing
Fire burns at the explosion site Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
china factory explosion: Firefighters extinguish a fire in Nanjing
Firefighters direct water at smouldering debris Photograph: Jeff Xu/Reuters
china factory explosion: Firefighters stand next to the wreckage of a vehicle
Firefighters examine the burned-out wreck of a car Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
china factory explosion: People carry a wounded man from the site
A wounded man is carried from the site of the explosion Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
china factory explosion: Residents sit near broken pieces of glass in a restaurant in Nanjing
People sit among shattered glass in a restaurant near the factory Photograph: Jeff Xu/Reuters
china factory explosion: a fire burning at the explosion site
Fire burns at the factory after the explosion Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
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