Five people were killed by an explosion at a cooking oil factory in southeast China's Fujian Province on Tuesday, local sources said.

The explosion took place at 10:30?AM at a workshop of the Fujian Jinshi Cooking Oil Company in Zhangzhou city, Fujian.

Rescuers put out the fire at 3?AM and police are investigating into the cause of the accident.

(Xinhua News Agency June 28, 2006)