TAIYUAN — Three people were killed, and another person was severely injured after a blast hit a plant around 5 a.m. on Saturday in Xingxian County, north China’s Shanxi Province, local authorities said.

The aluminum liquid explosion occurred in the aluminum rod production plant of a local company, according to the information office of the county government.

Rescue work at the site has completed. The cause of the accident is being investigated.

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