New | Identities of 96 victims in Kunshan factory blast confirmed by DNA testing
List reveals the workers who perished in blast had come from various parts of the mainland
The identities of more victims in the deadly Kunshan factory explosion have been confirmed by DNA tests, including that of two men and 21 women who were killed.
The Kunshan government released the sheet on Tuesday morning – four days after the blast – which also listed the names of 73 people who were injured.
The 23 fatalities came from the provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Henan, Gansu, Shandong and Hebei, according to the paper, which listed the workers' names, gender and home province.
The blast had ripped through the car parts factory owned by Taiwanese-backed Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Products on Sunday morning as more than 260 workers were inside. At least 75 people were killed and 186 were injured.
Dust had ignited spark plugs in a workshop, causing the explosion, according to a preliminary investigation, Yang Dongliang, chief of the State Administration of Work Safety, told Xinhua.
The sparks were traced back to a workshop used to polish car wheel hubs.