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Sulfuric acid blast kills 3 at S China factory

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-04 08:30

SHENZHEN: Three workers were poisoned to death and three others injured Saturday after a sulfuric acid blast at a factory in the south China boomtown Shenzhen, local police said.

The accident took place at 2:24 pm when the workers were maintaining an electroplating sink at the Hongshengming Electroplating Factory.

Investigation into the cause is under way.