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Nectar Gan

A chemical factory in a village in eastern Shandong province exploded on Saturday night, injuring nine people, local media and police reported. 
The blast shattered windows of houses less than a kilometre away.  
The explosion occurred at about 8.50pm at a chemical plant owned by Ruixing Chemical in Dongfu village near Zibo city, the Qilu Evening News reported on Weibo.
Zibo city police said nine people were injured. 

The incident occurred just 10 days after a series of blasts at a chemicals factory in Tianjin, 120km east of Beijing, resulted in 121 casualties, including 67 dead firefighters and 54 people still unaccounted for.   
In Dongfu on Saturday, a villager said he saw a huge fireball from his backyard and heard two explosions at around 9pm. Another villager said the chemical plant had just gone into production and was still hiring workers.

Six teams of firefighters and 17 fire trucks had been sent to the blast site, the News said. 
Local media reported that the shock of the blast was felt at least 5km away. 
The fire had been brought under control by 10.40pm. Authorities were investigating the cause of the blast.


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The explosion occurred at a chemical factory in Dongfu village near Zibo city in Shandong province. Photo: SCMP Pictures  

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Rescuers were still cleaning up the debris at the core blast site in Tianjin, north China on Saturday, 10 days after the explosions that drew global attention. Photo: Xinhua 

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Rescuers work at the core blast site in Tianjin on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua

People's Liberation Army soldiers from the anti-chemical warfare corps wear protective suits at the blast site on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

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Rabbits in a cage placed by authorities to demonstrate the air quality at the Binhai New Area in Tianjin. Photos: Reuters

A soldier checks chickens and rabbits in cages, before they are placed by the authorities. 

The animals in their cages at the blast site. 

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Firemen battle the warehouse blaze in Hefei. Investigators were trying to find out what was stored in the building and how the fire broke out. Photo: Cnr.cn

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