Five people were killed and one injured in an explosion in an
illegal makeshift workshop used to make electronic detonators in
Wuji County, north China's Hebei Province.
The explosion occurred at 11:30 PM on Tuesday on the third floor
of an office building belonging to the Wuji County Cotton and Flax
Company, according to the spokesman for the public security bureau
of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital.
It is currently unknown how many people were inside the building
when the explosion happened.
The police found that the office building was rented by He
Zhandong, from Xiguan Village in Wuji County, for making electronic
detonators illegally.
The exact cause of the accident is under investigation.
(Xinhua News Agency December 20, 2006)