China: Explosion in Nanjing

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A ruptured gas main is the reported cause of an explosion [zh] this morning at a plastics factory currently being torn down in NE Nanjing. Injuries are reportedly in the hundreds, while the number of deaths has yet to be confirmed. Free More News has been aggregating links to photos [here also] and video from the scene. Provincial officials have been filmed trying to obstruct news cameras.