2 Killed, 7 Missing in Explosion At Workshop in China

Beijing: Two people were killed and seven others remain trapped after an explosion rocked a factory in east China's Jiangsu Province early this morning, officials said. The explosion occurred at a workshop of a biotech company in the industrial park for chemical enterprises in Guannan County, according to the county's publicity office. A fire caused by the blast has been extinguished. Rescue work is underway, state run Xinhua news agency reported. (PTI)