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Gas leak kills 7; 10 seriously injured in N China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-24 16:06

SHIJIAZHUANG -- A gas leak from a blast furnace in a steel plant left seven workers dead and 10 others injured seriously in a city not far from Beijing Wednesday morning.

Two workers were killed instantly when the accident happened at about 9 a.m. and five others died after emergency operation failed, said a spokesman of the Zunhua city government.