Search Ongoing After China Plant Explosion; 6 Still Missing

Six people remained missing, and search and rescue efforts continued on Wednesday after an explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China shook nearby buildings, killing at least five people and injuring 19.

- Associated Press

BEIJING:

The blast on Tuesday, occurring in an industrial park in the city of Weifang, in Shandong province, knocked out windows at nearby buildings and spewed a thick plume of white smoke, according to videos shared on social media. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.

Zhang Liyou, who runs a restaurant about 1 kilometer away from the explosion site, was serving lunch when the blast occurred, shattering the restaurant's windows and causing part of its ceiling paneling to collapse.