US EditionEight killed in explosion in northern China, state media says
The blast at Jiapeng Biotechnology killed eight workers; an investigation is ongoing and the company's legal representative has been detained, authorities reported.
- On Feb 7, an explosion at a workshop of Jiapeng biotech in Shanyin county killed eight people, state media reported on Feb 8.
- Located about 400 kilometres west of Beijing, Jiapeng Biotechnology was founded in June 2025 and researches animal feed, coal products and building materials in a mountain hollow in a former mining area.
- Clean-Up crews continued at the wreckage while emergency and rescue crews remained on Sunday as reporters saw dark yellow smoke rising from the site.
- Authorities have established an accident investigation team and the company's legal representative has been taken into custody, local authorities said.
- Officials said the cause was not immediately clear, and industrial accidents remain common in China due to weak safety enforcement, including a late-January steel-factory blast in Inner Mongolia that killed at least nine.
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Factory Explosion Kills 8 in Northern China
An explosion at a biotech factory in northern China has killed eight people, Chinese state media reported Sunday, increasing the total number of fatalities by one. State news agency Xinhua had previously reported that seven people died and one person was missing after the Saturday morning explosion at the Jiapeng biotech company in Shanxi province, citing local authorities. Later, Xinhua said eight were dead, adding that the firm's legal represe…
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