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(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-01-19 22:15
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ZHENGZHOU - At least six were killed and 22 others injured in a fireworks plant explosion Wednesday in Central 皇冠体育app's Henan province, local officials said.

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The blast ripped through Yutian Fireworks Plant in Yancheng district, Luohe city, at about 4:50 pm, said a spokesman with the district's publicity department.

Several rows of workshops at the plant were razed by the explosion, which lasted till 8 pm, witnesses said.

Casualties might rise as some workers were not able to rush out of the workshops, said the authorities.